Back Send

Feedback

An Overview of
Cryptography
garykessler.net • April 10, 2018

An Overview of
Cryptography
Gary C. Kessler

22 February 2018

“ “ © 1998-2018 — A
much shorter
version of this
paper first
appeared in
Handbook on
Local Area
Networks
(Auerbach, Sept.
1998). Since that
time, this paper
has taken on a life
of its own...

CONTENTS FIGURE
1. INTRODUCTION 1. Three types of crypt
2. BASIC CONCEPTS OF secret-key, public k
CRYPTOGRAPHY function.
3. TYPES OF 2. Types of stream cip
CRYPTOGRAPHIC 3. Feistel cipher.
ALGORITHMS 4. Use of the three cry
3.1. Secret Key techniques for secur
Cryptography communication.
3.2. Public Key 5. Kerberos architectu
Cryptography 6. VeriSign Class 3 cer