Chapter 1. Guide for Readers and Instructors¶

Outline of This Book¶

The book is organized into seven parts:

1. Symmetric Ciphers: symmetric encryption.
   • Advanced Encryption Standard (AES).
   • Data Encryption Standard (DES).
   • Stream encryption algorithm: RC4.
   • Pseudorandom and random number generation.
2. Asymmetric Ciphers: public-key algorithms.
   • RSA (Rivest-Shamir-Adelman).
   • Elliptic curve.
3. Cryptographic Data Integrity Algorithms:
   • Cryptographic hash functions.
   • Message authentication codes and digital signatures.
4. Mutual Trust: key management abd distribution and user authentication.
5. Network Security and Internet Security: cryptographic algorithms and security protocols that provide security over networks and the Internet.
   • Network access control.
   • Cloud security.
   • Transport-level security.
   • Wireless network security.
   • E-mail security.
   • IP security.
6. System Security: security facilities designed to protect a computer system from security threats, and firewall technology.
7. Legal and Ethical Issues.

A Roadmap for Readers and Instructors¶

Internet and Web Resources¶

Standards¶

The most important organizations involved in the development or promotion of standards are:

• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
• Internet Society (ISOC)
• ITU-T: International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO)