Surf these sites: An Introduction to the Use of Encryption -- The purpose of this article is to provide information in the area of practical cryptography of interest to anyone wishing to use cryptographic software. General explanations rather than technical detail. An Overview of Cryptography -- Cryptography algorithms and implementations. Crypto-Gram Newsletter -- A free monthly e-mail newsletter on cryptography from Bruce Schneier Cryptography - cryptographic terms -- Cryptographic terms Cryptography FAQ -- USENET FAQs. DESCHALL -- The first crack of a DES-encrypted message. Includes articles describing the effort, some source code, and archives of the mailing list. Covers all ranges of technical expertise. Diceware Passphrase Home Page -- A way to choose a secure Passphrase for use with PGP. Distributed.net - Project DES -- A DES decryption effort being run via the Internet Distributed.net - Project RC5 -- An RC5 decryption effort being run via the Internet Frode Weierud''s Cryptology Page -- Dedicated to the history of cryptography, cipher machines and their simulation, cryptanalysis and other code breaking techniques. HotBits: Genuine Random Numbers -- HotBits is a service which generates random data from the decay of radioactive material and sends it over the internet. IEEE P1363 -- Standard Specifications For Public-Key Cryptography. International Association for Cryptologic Research -- The (IACR) is a non-profit scientific organization whose primary purpose is to further research in cryptology and related fields Onion Routing -- Anonymous Web Browsing PKI Resource Library -- The Public Key Infrastructure Resource Library is a valuable resource for research into PKI and Information Security. You will find White Papers, A Free Introductory Guide to PKI, Success Stories and much more. PipeNet description -- A scheme, similar to Onion Routing, to resist traffic analysis in an IP network. Popular Cryptography -- The journal of Internet privacy. RSA Laboratories'' Cryptography FAQ -- From the makers of the RSA, MD-x, RC-x, algorithms RSA cryptography algorithm simulate center -- Simulates the RSA algorithm in javascript. Helps the understanding of public key cryptography. SEMPER -- Secure electronic marketplace for Europe. Secret Key Agreement by Public Discussion -- Illustration (java-demo) of a provably secure cryptographic system, by which two parties Alice and Bob can construct a secret key from common information. Secure Deletion of Data from Magnetic and Solid-State Memory -- First published in the Sixth USENIX Security Symposium Proceedings, San Jose, California, July 22-25, 1996 Serpent -- A 128bit Candidate Block Cipher for the Advanced Encryption Standard. Snake Oil Warning Signs:Encryption Software to Avoid -- Helps users of cryptography recognize bad tools Tales of the Encrypted -- Tales of the Encrypted is intended to present a purpose for cryptography. The site is intended to put cryptography in a historical context that gives meaning to what the technology is and what it can do. Our hope is that by illustrating what cryptography has done in the past, people will begin to realize what it might do in the future. The Cipher Challenge Home Page -- Ten separate messages encrypted using a series of different codes and ciphers. Each of the ten messages contains a code word, and the first person to crack all ten stages and send in all ten code words will win a prize of £10,000. The Crypto Simulation Group -- A short introduction to the Cipher simulation Group and its activities. The Secret Books Page -- Books about Secrets: Codemaking and codebreaking, cryptography and encryption. The Code Book: The Evolution of Secrecy from Mary, Queen of Scots to Quantum Cryptography & Cryptonomicon. Buy the books here. The Warpcore Project -- Cracking RSA''s RC5 with a large cluster system, similar to Beowulf. allEC.com''s Encryption, Security & Privacy News -- with the latest news on encryption, security & privacy.
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