Cryptography Reference
In-Depth Information
Appendix A
Abbreviations and Acronyms
AA
attribute authority
ACM
Association for Computing Machinery
AES
advanced encryption standard
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
API
application programming interface
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASN.1
abstract syntax notation one
ATM
automatic teller machine
BBS
Blum, Blum, Shub
B.C.
Before Christ
Bellcore
Bell Communications Research
BER
basic encoding rules
BIS
Bureau of Industry and Security
bit
binary digit
BXA
Bureau of Export Administration
CA
certification authority
CBC
cipherblock chaining
CFB
cipher feedback
CLUSIS
Association for the Security of Information Services
cm
centimeter
COCOM
Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls
COTS
commercial off-the-shelf
CRA
Chinese remainder algorithm
CRHF
collision resistant hash function
