Practical Cryptography
1. Edition April 2003
432 Pages, Softcover
Practical Approach Book
Short Description
Security is the number one concern for business worldwide, but, amazingly, there is no practical implementation literature available about cryptography. Written by a former cryptographic engineering consultant and bestselling author, this is an ideal guide for an engineer or systems engineer or technology professional who want to learn how to actually incorporate cryptography into a product. This book bridges the gap between textbook cryptography and cryptography in the real world and will appeal to a broad range of IT professionals.
Security is the number one concern for businesses worldwide. The gold standard for attaining security is cryptography because it provides the most reliable tools for storing or transmitting digital information. Written by Niels Ferguson, lead cryptographer for Counterpane, Bruce Schneier's security company, and Bruce Schneier himself, this is the much anticipated follow-up book to Schneier's seminal encyclopedic reference, Applied Cryptography, Second Edition (0-471-11709-9), which has sold more than 150,000 copies.
Niels Ferguson (Amsterdam, Netherlands) is a cryptographic engineer and consultant at Counterpane Internet Security. He has extensive experience in the creation and design of security algorithms, protocols, and multinational security infrastructures. Previously, Ferguson was a cryptographer for DigiCash and CWI. At CWI he developed the first generation of off-line payment protocols. He has published numerous scientific papers.
Bruce Schneier (Minneapolis, MN) is Founder and Chief Technical Officer at Counterpane Internet Security, a managed-security monitoring company. He is also the author of Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World (0-471-25311-1).
1. Our Design Philosophy.
2. The Context of Cryptography.
3. Introduction to Cryptography.
I Message Security.
4. Block Ciphers.
5. Block Cipher Modes.
6. Hash Functions.
7. Message Authentication Codes.
8. The Secure Channel.
9. Implementation. Issues (I).
II Key Negotiation.
10. Generating Randomness.
11. Primes.
12. Diffie-Hellman.
13. RSA.
14. Introduction to Cryptographic Protocols.
15. Negotiation Protocol.
16. Implementation Issues.
III Key Management.
17. The Clock.
18. Key Servers.
19. The Dream of PKI.
20. PKI Reality.
21. PKI Practicalities.
22. Storing Secrets.
IV Miscellaneous.
23. Standards.
24. Patents.
25. Involving Experts.
Acknowledgments.
Bibliography.
Index.
BRUCE SCHNEIER is founder and chief technical officer at Counterpane Internet Security, a managed-security monitoring company. A world-renowned scientist, security expert, and lecturer, he is the author of Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World and Applied Cryptography (both from Wiley).
