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KenÕs Favorite Cryptology Links

 

Last modified December 1, 2006

Basic resources

á      WikipediaÕs basic introduction to cryptography and cryptanalyis.

á      A crypto FAQ from Roger Schafly.

á      QuadralayÕs cryptology archive

á      Sample chapters from Applied Cryptography by Menezes, van OorShot and Vanstone.

á      Univ. of Washington course in cryptography.

á      A cryptologic compendium from quadiblock.com, by John Savage.

o     (A cryptology course with lots of notes.)

á      RossaÕs data security notes.

á      ChristensenÕs cryptology class notes.

á      HamerÕs links.

á      SchneierÕs guide to block and stream ciphers.

á      Mathematics Subject Classification 94

 

Practical and fun tools

á      Some basic crypto-tools from Michael Siff.

á      A cryptolab from Doug Schultz and Derek Williams.

á      Encrypt a simple Vigenere cipher as islab.oregonstate.edu.

á      NSAÕs crypto page for kids.

á      Ciphers by Ritter

 

Modern resources

á      SchneierÕs blog and newsletter.

á      Counterpane (Bruce SchneierÕs security firm.)

á      SSH handbook of applied cryptology.

á      Crypto research at cryptography.com.

á      RABA technologies (Mike Wertheimer, Lynn Piell Rogala are there.)

á      On phishing. 

o     This article is on the Honeynet project.

o     If you donÕt know what phishing is, donÕt open a bank account.  But some simple rules should keep you safe from phishing attacks.

á      Surviving identity theft.

á      On the NSA domestic spying and use of data mining.

á      That little chip in your credit card (and coming soon to your passport) can be scanned by someone else nearby.

 

á      On Hash collisions

á      On random numbers

 

á      Find me a hash, by Susan Landau (AMS Notices, .pdf)

á               Susan Landau on DES (AMS Notices, .pdf)

á               Susan Landau on AES (AMS Notices, .pdf)

 

Crypto-history

á      Begin with David Kahn and his major work, The Codebreakers.

á      A cryptology timeline from Carl Ellison.

á      Cryptology people

á      Cryptology in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries by T. Leary

á      Security posters from WW II

á      More security posters (modern)

á      SinghÕs The Code Book webpage.

 

Enigma and similar machines

         Enigma was the last classical cryptosystem and the first modern machine.  ItÕs introduction forced the development of the modern computer.

á      On the Enigma machine and Bletchley Park (which I got to see in 2004!)

á      Photos of Enigma including some software simulators of Enigma.

á      An Enigma applet, simulating the Enigma machine.

á      On setting up the Enigma machine.

á      Cypher machines, including Enigma. Descriptions of many WW II era machines.

á      Nova website to accompany ÒDecoding Nazi SecretsÓ

á      Simulating the ECM Mark II.

History of modern cryptology (since WW II)

á      On the Gulf of Tonkin incident at the beginning of the Vietnam War

á      RichardÕs collection of crypto-equipment

á      NSAÕs bibliographies

á      Read James BanfordÕs work on the National Security Agency.

 

Cellular automata

á      Extensive notes on cellular automata

á      A nice cellular automata resource page from dmoz.org

á      and another one from psoup.math.wisc.edu

 

WolframÕs Rule 30 (and cellular automata.)

á      The art of ÒNew Kind of ScienceÓNew Kind of Science, on the web

á      Introduction from NetLogo

á      The NKS Forum, a page from the discussion.

á      Tables of cellular automata

á      Type in a Rule here.

á      Notes from NSF-REU 2005 at Central Michigan University

         (Check out the work of Gage, Laub & McGarry, at the bottom of the page.)