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Cryptography Resources - Master List

Pre-Cryptography Concepts:

Basic Cryptography Concepts:

Simple Encryption Algorithms:

Substitution/Ceaser Cipher
Pig Pen Cipher
RC4
Rail Fence Cipher
Solitaire Cipher
- As explained by Bruce Schneier (author)
- Weaknesses in the algorithm
Vernam Cipher (One-Time Pad)
- Cryptology and Data Secrecy : The Vernam Cipher
- Vernam Cipher, A Perfect Cipher
Vigenère Cipher
XOR

Advanced Encryption Algorithms:

AES / Rijndael
Blowfish
- Explained by Bruce Schneier (author)
- Explained by Wikipedia
(3)DES
- DES defined by the NIST
- The DES Algorithm Illustrated -- (Contains test vectors lacking in the NIST specification.)
Serpent
- Serpent Specification
- The Case for Serpent
Twofish
- Home Website
- Explained by Bruce Schneier (co-author)

One-Way Hashes / Checksums:

Definition of a hash
CRC
MD5
RIPEMD-160 & RIPEMD-128
- RIPEMD-160 Specification
- General Info
SHA
- NIST specification for SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-256
- SHA-1 explained by Wikipedia

Cryptographic Attacks:

Online Books/Papers:

Databases of Papers:
- Cryptome -- The biggest public cryptography paper database. Contains almost every imaginable paper, including declassified government documents.
- Bruce Schneier's Paper Database -- Bruce Schneier's personally compiled (large) database of important cryptographic papers.
- AES Competion (Purity Noise) Tests
- Crypto Conference Papers -- A list of all papers that have been submitted at three different cryptography confrences: Crypto, Eurocrypt, and Ches.
Introduction to Cryptography
Handbook of Applied Cryptography -- A free ebook that provides a nice introduction to cryptography.
A Computational Introduction to Number Theory and Algebra -- The title says it all.
MIT cryptography course -- These are the compiled notes from a couple noted cryptographic lecturers. They used these notes to teach a summer course on cryptography at MIT from 1996-2001.
Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems -- A paper by Claude Shannon that analyzes cryptography from the standpoint of number theory. It's where the "confusion and diffusion" (see above) principle was born.
LANAKI's Crypto Course Lessons -- A series of articles explaining the concepts of encryption and security.
An Overview of Cryptography -- An overview of cryptography and a look into real-life modern programs.
Basic Cryptanalysis -- An overview of concepts involved in cryptanalysis.
PKCS #5 v2.0 -- A cryptographic standard for using user-specified keys in encryption.
Energy, performance, area versus security trade-offs for stream ciphers -- An analysis of various tradeoffs and performance (dis)advantages stream ciphers have, with emphasis on hardware implementation.

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