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Encryption

The Relevance of Quantum Cryptography in Modern Cryptographic Systems

This paper explains the basic principles of quantum cryptography and how these principles apply to quantum key distribution. One specific quantum key distribution protocol called BB84 is described in detail ...

Written by: Christoph Guenther and added on May 11, 2011

Communications Security for the Twenty-first Century: The Advanced Encryption Standard

In August 1999 NIST announced the five finalists: MARS, RC6, Rijndael, Serpent, and Twofish. These were widely accepted-along with some support for E2-as the "best" submissions, and NSA called these ...

Written by: Susan Landau and added on May 29, 2011

Digital Signature and Multiple Signature: Different Cases for Different Purposes

Like paper-based signatures, digital signatures intend to respect a number of security assumptions. Methods of digital signature apposed by a single user have been defined and are widely used. But ...

Written by: Chafic Maroun Rouhana Moussa and added on Jan. 6, 2011

Using GPL Software For Email and File Encryption

Because privacy is important, the security of information is sometimes legally required, and internet communication often does not provide this necessary security inherently. Email encryption and file encryption can provide ...

Written by: Unknown and added on June 7, 2011

Cryptanalysis of RSA: A Survey

In this paper we give a survey of the main methods used in attacks against the RSA cryptosystem. We describe the main factoring methods, attacks on the underlying mathematical function, ...

Written by: Carlos Frederico Cid and added on April 24, 2011

A Review of Chaffing and Winnowing

This paper presents an overview of Chaffing and Winnowing as described by Ronald Rivest. This leads onto a review of a secure Chaffing and Winnowing scheme called Chaffinch. Chaffing and ...

Written by: David Spence and added on Feb. 5, 2011

Prime Numbers in Public Key Cryptography

The use of public-key cryptography is pervasive in the information protection and privacy arenas. Public key crypto algorithms utilize prime numbers extensively; indeed, prime numbers are an essential part of ...

Written by: Jerry Crow and added on March 2, 2011

Randomness and Entropy - An Introduction

This paper will attempt to bring together information pertaining to concepts and definitions of randomness and entropy. Through definition and example both the implications and applications within the Information Security ...

Written by: Chris Thorn and added on June 9, 2011

Quantum Encryption - A Means to Perfect Security?

There is controversy about how secure quantum messages are. It is possible to prove that the probability of message interception by an adversary is arbitrarily small, under ideal conditions. People ...

Written by: Bruce R. Auburn and added on April 26, 2011

Applied Encryption: Ensuring Integrity of Tactical Data

Currently, there is a security risk involved with the transference of data through the CST software. While the SECRET Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet) provides a circuit encryption to all ...

Written by: Jennifer Skalski-Pay and added on Feb. 20, 2011