Cryptography Reference
In-Depth Information
nsasec.txt, nsasec.ps
Text on the security manual for NSA employees
that somehow 'leaked'. I recommend this reading
if you are interested how large intelligence
agencies work.
oasis.txt
An article on the
Oasis
program, which is said to
be able to convert audio files (e.g.,
phone-conversation replays) automatically into
plaintext. This can be very significant for
interception technologies.
schmid bericht.html
Speech by Gerhard Schmid on Echelon at the EU
Parliament; good overview.
quant directory:
matthaeus-
diplom.pdf
The work by Matthias Halder on optical data
transmission by means of quantum cryptography
between the Zugspitze and the Wendelstein
mountains in the Alps (Section 5.8).
quantumcon.txt
An interesting and popular article on quantum
cryptography as discussed in Section 5.8. It
mainly describes the enormous technical problems.
qc-grover.txt
A well-written introduction to the theory of
quantum computers; easy to understand.
stego directory:
mimic.txt
Description of the so-called
mimic functions
by
Peter Wayner (see Section 1.3, Figure 1.2).
PD directory:
CBW directory:
Crypt Breaker's Workbench
by Robert Baldwin
that breaks the old UNIX encryption,
crypt
(see
Section 2.5.3).
CFS directory:
The cryptographic file system by Blaze discussed
in Section 7.4.
PGP directory:
pgp2.6.3
subdirectory
PGP Version 2.6.3 (see Section 7.1).
inpgp50.txt
The innards of PGP 5.0 (see Section 7.1.4).
