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History and Types of Cryptography

The document outlines the history and evolution of cryptography, starting from ancient methods like Egyptian hieroglyphs and the Caesar cipher to modern techniques involving symmetric and asymmetric keys. It highlights significant developments during the World Wars, such as the Enigma machine and the contributions of figures like Alan Turing. Additionally, it discusses cryptanalysis, hybrid encryption methods, and warns against fraudulent cryptographic products referred to as 'Snake Oil.'

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History and Types of Cryptography

The document outlines the history and evolution of cryptography, starting from ancient methods like Egyptian hieroglyphs and the Caesar cipher to modern techniques involving symmetric and asymmetric keys. It highlights significant developments during the World Wars, such as the Enigma machine and the contributions of figures like Alan Turing. Additionally, it discusses cryptanalysis, hybrid encryption methods, and warns against fraudulent cryptographic products referred to as 'Snake Oil.'

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Cryptography

History of Cryptography
• Egyptian nonstandard hieroglyphs
• Spartans Scytale
• Caesar cipher
• Religion text changed in numbers (Hebrew)
• Poly-alphabetic cipher
• Arabs and the complex principles
• Europeans 1379 the first manual of crypto
History was written

Continued • 1470 cipher disk was invented Leon Battista


• 1586 Blaise de Vigenere
World Wars
• WWI Zimmerman telegram
• Code Talkers
• WWII Enigma
• Alan Turing
• Tommy Flowers
Modern
Cryptography
• A mathematical algorithm that takes plain text
and changes it into cipher text, for security
purposes.
Symmetric-
Key
• Symmetric-key
• One strong algorithm
• Two key must be kept secret.
Keystream

XOR operation

Linear feedback
Stream ciphers
Nonlinear feedback

Stop-and-go generator

Shrinking generator
Block
ciphers
• Fixed length
• Feistel cipher
• Rounding functions
• DES
• AES
• Substitution-permutation
network
Asymmetric Key aka Public key

• William Joven
• Diffie-hellman
• RSA
• MIT
• UK
Diffie Joven
Hellman Logic Piano
Cryptanalysis,
cypherpunks
• Attacking cipher text
• Two types
• Professional and amateur
• Weaknesses
• Brute-force
• Linear cryptanalysis
• Differential cryptanalysis
Symmetric-
asymmetric
cryptography
• Hybrid encryption
• PGP, Pretty Good Privacy
• OpenPGP
Encrypted
Logons
• SSH Secure Shell
• RLogon
• Kerberos
• MIT
• Timestamps
• Session key
• Secret key
• One-way Hash
Snake Oil for
Sale
• Snake Oil is a term used to describe
commercial cryptographic methods
and products which are considered
bogus or fraudulent.

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