Cryptography and Network Security

Overview

Contents:
Introduction - Overview on Modern Cryptography - Introduction to Number Theory - Probability and Information Theory - Classical Cryptosystems-Cryptanalysis of Classical Ciphers-shannons Theory - Symmetric Key Ciphers - Block Cipher Standards - Linear Cryptanalysis - Differential Cryptanalysis - Few other Cryptanalytic Techniques - Overview on S-Box Design Principles -Modes of Operation of Block Ciphers - tream Ciphers - Pseudorandomness - Cryptographic Hash Functions - Message Authentication Codes - More Number Theoretic Results - The RSA Cryptosystem

primality Testing - Factoring Algorithms - Some Comments on the Security of RSA - Discrete Logarithm Problem (DLP) - The Diffie - Hellman Problem and Security of ElGamal Systems - An Introduction to Elliptic Curve Cryptography - Application of Elliptic Curves to Cryptography - Implementation of Elliptic Curve Cryptography - Secret Sharing Schemes - A Tutorial on Network Protocols-System Security - Firewalls and Intrusion Detection Systems - Side Channel Analysis of Cryptographic Implementations