Official (ISC)2 Guide to the SSCP CBK, 2nd Edition

Chapter 2

Cryptography

Christopher M. Nowell

Contents

The Basics

Block Ciphers

Electronic Codebook

Cipher Block Chaining

Cipher Feedback

Output Feedback

Counter

Symmetric Cryptography

Stream Ciphers

One-Time Pads

Introduction to Public Key

Hashes and Digital Signatures

Public Key Infrastructure

Certificates

Key Distribution

Key Recovery

Key Repository

General Cryptography

Problems, Weaknesses, and Concerns

Algorithms, Ciphers, and Types

Data Encryption Standard and Triple Data Encryption Standard

Advanced Encryption Standard

International Data Encryption Algorithm

Blowfish

Twofish

RSA

Skipjack

Digital Signature Algorithm and Digital Signature Standard

Elliptical Curve Cryptography

Public Key Cryptography Standards

Rivest Ciphers 2, 4, and ...