Hello to everyone. I'm Alexis and as I'm new to cryptography I would appreciate a piece of advice. I've read the book "Applied Cryptography" by Bruce Schneier and I also have the "ICSA Guide to cryptography". However I would like to know where could I find more books related to cryptography. Also (if I'm not causing enough trouble already) as I'm trying to secure one system I would like to kindly ask for guidance. How do we apply an algorithm to a whole system? I know how to encode a message , but a system? I know I'm not being very specific, but I don't know much more myself. If it is not that much of a trouble, please enlighten me! Thanx in advance. Alexis
At 6:18 PM +0200 12/10/00, FRANKY wrote:
Hello to everyone. I'm Alexis and as I'm new to cryptography I would appreciate a piece of advice. I've read the book "Applied Cryptography" by Bruce Schneier and I also have the "ICSA Guide to cryptography". However I would like to know where could I find more books related to cryptography.
www.amazon.com I assume they can ship internationally. --Tim May -- (This .sig file has not been significantly changed since 1992. As the election debacle unfolds, it is time to prepare a new one. Stay tuned.)
On Sun, 10 Dec 2000, FRANKY wrote:
to cryptography". However I would like to know where could I find more books related to cryptography.
amazon.com is one place. see also http://www.cacr.math.uwaterloo.ca/hac/ for an online copy of the Handbook of Applied Cryptography.
secure one system I would like to kindly ask for guidance. How do we apply an algorithm to a whole system? I know how to encode a message , but a system?
I'm not sure what you mean by "a whole system." Do you mean something like "how do I take a string of letters and represent it as a number so I can encrypt it?" Then you want to look at ASCII or Unicode and random padding like Optimal Asymmetric Encryption Padding (OAEP). I'm not sure what else you mean. -David
At 06:18 PM 12/10/00 +0200, FRANKY wrote:
Hello to everyone. I'm Alexis and as I'm new to cryptography I would appreciate a piece of advice. I've read the book "Applied Cryptography" by Bruce Schneier and I also have the "ICSA Guide to cryptography". However I would like to know where could I find more books related to cryptography.
Just a note... The ICSA crypto book is one of the WORST I have seen. It is very pro-GAK among other things. (It also does not cover a number of topics that you would think. Kerberos gets a half a page. I keep my copy as a reference of what crypto-systems are probably backdoored. The Handbook of Applied Cryptography from CRC press is a good textbook approach to the field. (It is pretty expensive. About $90.)
Also (if I'm not causing enough trouble already) as I'm trying to secure one system I would like to kindly ask for guidance. How do we apply an algorithm to a whole system? I know how to encode a message , but a system?
You don't. For security I suggest that you checkout one of the many books on firewalls and computer security specifically. If you are trying to encrypt the entire drive, it depends on the OS as to what you would use. The latest OpenBSD is supposed to have some interesting crypto-hooks. --- | Terrorists - The Boogiemen for a new Millennium. | |"The moral PGP Diffie taught Zimmermann unites all| Disclaimer: | | mankind free in one-key-steganography-privacy!" | Ignore the man | | | behind the keyboard.| | http://www.ctrl-alt-del.com/~alan/ |alan@ctrl-alt-del.com|
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