Table of Contents

Partial table of contents:

CRYPTOGRAPHIC PROTOCOLS.

Protocol Building Blocks.

Basic Protocols.

Intermediate Protocols.

Advanced Protocols.

Esoteric Protocols.

CRYPTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES.

Key Length.

Key Management.

Algorithm Types and Modes.

Using Algorithms.

CRYPTOGRAPHIC ALGORITHMS.

Data Encryption Standard (DES).

Other Block Ciphers.

Other Stream Ciphers and Real Random-Sequence Generators.

Public-Key Algorithms.

Special Algorithms for Protocols.

THE REAL WORLD.

Example Implementations.

Politics.

SOURCE CODE.source Code.

References.

About the Author

BRUCE SCHNEIER is President of Counter-pane Systems, a consulting firm specializing in cryptography and computer security. He is a contributing editor to Dr. Dobb's Journal, serves on the board of directors of the International Association of Cryptologic Research, and is a member of the Advisory Board for the Electronic Privacy Information Center. He is the author of E-Mail Security (Wiley) and is a frequent lecturer on cryptography, computer security, and privacy.

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