Cryptography

Overview Congratulations! You#8217;ve successfully navigated through the gazillion computer books on the bookstore shelves and finally found just what you were looking for #8212; a book on cryptography that you can...

Chapter 1: A Primer on Crypto Basics In This Chapter It#8217;s not just for spies anymore Basic information on early cryptography Cipher, cipher, who#8217;s got the cipher? It#8217;s all hashed up...

Chapter 2: Major League Algorithms In This Chapter Telling the bad crypto from the good Looking at symmetric keys Delving into symmetric algorithms Discovering how asymmetric algorithms work Br...

Chapter 3: Deciding What You Really Need In This Chapter Getting management to listen to you Making your case with facts and figures Looking at situations that could benefit from the use of cryptographic...

Chapter 4: Locks and Keys In This Chapter Creating memorable passphrases Keeping your passphrase safe Generating keys and keeping them safe Taking a first look at cryptiquette The freezing dese...

Chapter 5: The PKI Primer In This Chapter Defining the various parts of the infrastructure Discovering what the parts do and don#8217;t do Common uses for PKI The dream of PKI (Public Key Infrastruc...

Chapter 6: PKI Bits and Pieces In This Chapter Describing the Certificate Authority#8217;s responsibilities Looking at Registration Authorities Establishing your Certificate Policies Using LDAP to s...

Chapter 7: All Keyed Up! In This Chapter Discovering what keys are all about The making of keys Learning why keys need to be long How to store your keys safely How symmetric and asymmetric keys...

Chapter 8: Securing E-Mail from Prying Eyes In This Chapter Learning the basics of e-mail encryption Discovering the standards of S/MIME and PGP Deciding on Digital Certificates or public/private PGP key...

Chapter 9: File and Storage Strategies In This Chapter Learning why you should encrypt data Looking at possible encrypted storage solutions Trying on the different algorithm types Figuring out what...

Chapter 10: Authentication Systems In This Chapter Examining good authentication requirements Looking at the most common authentication servers Examining the differences between the different types of au...

Chapter 11: Secure E-Commerce In This Chapter Having a look at the standards for secure e-commerce Deciding who will handle your SSL Digital Certificates Learning how it all works Deciding what you...

Chapter 12: Virtual Private Network (VPN) Encryption In This Chapter Setting up your VPN Going over different VPN encryption schemes Deciding which is best Running tests Sometimes I feel it wou...

Chapter 13: Wireless Encryption Basics In This Chapter Looking at the weaknesses of wireless encryption Learning some of the attacks on wireless and wireless encryption Implementing protection measure fo...

Chapter 14: The Ten Best Encryption Web Sites Thank goodness for the Web! You can use it to research even the most obscure interests and facts, and I use it quite a bit when writing books on technical subjects. In writi...

Chapter 15: The Ten Most Commonly Misunderstood Encryption Terms Learning the lingo of a new technology is often the toughest part of the process. Have you ever had a meeting with some techno-geeks and found yourself jus...

Chapter 16: Cryptography Do#8217;s and Don#8217;ts People make mistakes all the time. Airlines crash due to human error, people discover thousands of dollars deposited to their bank accounts #8212; a mistake in data entr...

Chapter 17: Ten Principles of #8220;Cryptiquette#8221; Overview When use of the Internet and e-mail became commonplace, most people had no awareness of the subtle do#8217;s and don#8217;ts in correspondence. From th...

Chapter 18: Ten Very Useful Encryption Products It would be wonderful for me to come up with a list of the best encryption products but, like everything else, #8220;best#8221; is an objective term and can#8217;t be appli...