ECE 8372 / CS 8352 Cryptography & Data Security - Spring 2020

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Information Resources

References

1. Alfred J. MENEZES, Paul C. van OORSCHOT and Scott A. VANSTONE, Handbook of Applied Cryptography. CRC Press, Fifth Printing (August 2001), ISBN: 0-8493-8523-7
2. Muriel MEDARD, MITOPENCOURSEWARE, Information Theory, as taught in Spring 2010, MIT Course Number 6.441, Lecture Notes
3. David J.C. MACKAY, Information Theory, Inference, and Learning Algorithms
4. Joseph H. SILVERMAN, An Introduction to the Theory of Elliptic Curves
5. Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) Publications
6. Online Elliptic Curve Cryptography Tutorial Information from BlackBerry Certicom Inc.
7. Gary C. KESSLER, An Overview of Steganography for the Computer Forensics Examiner
8. ACM Turing Awards
9. Claude SHANNON, Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems, Bell System Technical Journal, vol. 28(4), page 656-715, 1949.
10. Bruce SCHNEIER, Schneier on Security - Crypto-Gram Newsletter
11. Cipher Electronic Newsletter of the Technical Committee on Security & Privacy - A Technical Committee of the Computer Society of the IEEE

Computer Support

1. Accessing GENUSE UNIX Servers - Macintosh OS X
2. Accessing GENUSE UNIX Servers - Windows OS
3. Accessing GENUSE UNIX Servers - Windows OS - VNC
4. bc GNU Command Manual
5. C Language Number Theory Library (NTL) from Victor Shoup, New York University, Courant Institute
6. GMP The GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic Library

Cipher Breaking Applications

1. Deciphering Text from Richards Knights
2. Substitution Cipher - Encoding/Decoding from Andrej Probst
3. Columnar Transposition Cipher Solver from Performance Ingenuity LLC

Crypt AG - 2020

1. Crypto AG - Wikipedia: Swiss company secretly owned by CIA and BND
2. Miller, Greg (11 February 2020). "The intelligence coup of the century". The Washington Post.
3. Miller, Greg and Mueller, Peter F. (17 February 2020). "Compromised encryption machines gave CIA window into major human rights abuses in South America". The Washington Post.

Ancient Codes - 2018

1. Scholars have cracked the code and deciphered one of the last remaining Dead Sea Scrolls

Breaking of SHA-1 - 2017

1. SHAttered Announcement of Breaking of SHA-1
2. The First collision for full SHA-1 - Stevens Full Paper
3. SHAttered Infographic

Companies

1. RSA Security Division of EMC

U.S. Department of Commerce - Bureau of Industry and Security

1. U.S. Export Control Policy
2. Rules Affecting the Export Administration Regulations

National Security Agency

1. NSA - Information Assurance
2. Information Assurance Support Environment
3. Commercial National Security Algorithm (CNSA) Suite
4. Commercial National Security Algorithm (CNSA) Suite and Quantum Computing FAQ

Competitions & Challenges

1. US Cyber Challenge
2. The Cryptopals Crypto Challenges
3. Cryptographic Competitions
4. Crypto: A Game for Codebreakers
5. Hackerrank: Cryptography Challenges
6. Herky Crypto Challenge - 2
7. NSA's Puzzle Periodical

Publication: Information for Authors Links

1. IEEE Publications. Information about IEEE Publications.
2. IEEE Transactions, Journals, and Letters Information for Authors. IEEE information for author and submission guidelines.
3. Submitting Articles to ACM Journals. ACM information for authors.

Available Books

1. Alan G. Konheim, Cryptography, a Primer. New York: Wiley, c1981
2. Wenbo Mao, Modern Cryptography: Theory and Practice. New Jersey: Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference, c2004
3. Douglas R. Stinson, Cryptography: Theory and Practice, 3rd Edition. CRC Press, Inc., c2006
4. Henk C. A. van Tilborg, An Introduction to Cryptography. Boston, Kluwer, c1988
5. Dominic Welsh, Codes and Cryptography. New York: Oxford University Press, c1988