BY: Disha Mehta

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Definitions Why cryptography is important? Benefits & problems s

Encryption
Plain text Cipher text Plain text

Decryption
Cipher text

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Cryptanalysis Cryptology Cryptography

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Defending against external/internal hackers Defending against industrial espionage Securing E-commerce Securing bank accounts/electronic transfers Securing intellectual property Avoiding liability

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Pervasiveness of email/networks Online storage of sensitive information Insecure technologies (e.g. wireless) Trend towards paperless society Weak legal protection of email privacy

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Steganography Cryptography

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Steganography covered writing is an art of hiding information Popular contemporary steganographic technologies hide information in image.

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Private (symmetric, secret) key the same key used for encryption/decryption Problem of key distribution Public (asymmetric) key cryptography a public key used for encryption and private key for decryption Key distribution problem solved

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Data secrecy Data integrity Authentication of message originator Electronic certification and digital signature Non-repudiation

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False sense of security if badly implemented Government regulation of cryptographic technologies/export restrictions Encryption prohibited in some countries