Reading Materials on Cryptography and Security  

 

discmath.pdf # (Sets and functions) [Compulsory]

soludismath.pdf # (Sample solutions to the "Pause and Think" questions)

 

modulon.pdf # (The modulo arithmetic) [Compulsory]

  

history1.pdf # (History of cryptography: Part I) [Optional]

history2.pdf # (History of cryptography: Part II) [Optional]

 

readdes.pdf # (The Data Encryption Standard in deatil) [Optional -- for those who want to learn more]

 

confdiffu.pdf # (Shannon's confusion and difusion) [Optional -- for those who want to learn more]

 

aesaux.pdf # (Design of block ciphers)

 

AES.pdf # (The Advanced Encryption Standard) [Optional -- for those who want to learn more]


ideapki.ppt Pictorial presentation of the idea of public key cryptography

 

Radix-64.pdf # (Radix-64 conversion)

 

 

IBE.pdf # (identity based encryption)

 

Unix Security

 

Unix security page


Tutorials on Computer Security (high-level presentation)