- Author: Gary Kessler
- Format: online HTML
- Price: free
A brief introduction to cryptographic methods focused on the terms and concepts, comparing cryptographic schemes in use today, including Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange, RSA, DES, PGP, IPsec, SSL, Cisco’s Stream Cipher, Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC), Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and Rijndael.
Contents include:
- Introduction
- The Purpose of Cryptography
- Types of Cryptographic Algorithms
- Trust Models
- Cryptographic Algorithms In Action
- Conclusion… of sorts
- References and Further Reading