BY MUKTADIUR RAHMANMAY 06, 2010

INTERODUCTION TO CRYPTOGRAPHY

Contents

IntroductionBasic TermsCryptographic ServicesSymmetric AlgorithmsAsymmetric AlgorithmsHashing AlgorithmsDigital SignaturePublic Key InfrastructureCryptanalysis Attacks

Introduction

The study of techniques related to all aspects of

data The word "cryptography" is derived from the

ancient Greek words "kryptos" (hidden) and

"graphia" (writing). Within the field of cryptology

one can see two separate divisions:

Cryptography

Cryptanalysis.

Introduction

• Cryptography

The cryptographer seeks methods to ensure the safety

and security of conversations.

• Cryptanalysis

Cryptanalyst tries to undo the former's work by breaking

cryptographer systems.

Basic Terms

Plaintext – the original intelligible message

Ciphertext – the transformed message

Chiper– the algorithm that does the encryption

Key – some critical information used by the cipher,

known only to the sender receiver.

Keyspace – Total number of possible values of keys

in a crypto algorithm

Basic Terms

Cryptosystem – The combination of algorithm, key,

and key management functions used to perform

cryptographic operations

Cryptology - both cryptography and cryptanalysis

Encryption : the process of converting plaintext to

cipher text using a cipher and a key

Decryption : the process of converting cipher text

to plaintext

Cryptographic Services

Confidentiality: To help protect a user's identity

or data from being read.

Data integrity: To help protect data from being

changed.

Authentication: To ensure that data originates

from a particular party.

Non-repudiation: To prevent a particular party

from denying that they sent a message.

Symmetric Algorithms

Symmetric algorithms use a single key shared by two communicating parties. The shared key must remain secret to ensure the confidentiality of the encrypted data. Sharing key is the is the main technological challenge of this kind of encryption

Symmetric algorithms are used for: Confidentiality Data integrity

Symmetric Algorithms

DES((Data Encryption Standard) Block size is 64 bits Key size is 56 bits

3DES(Triple Data Encryption Standard) Using DES twice on a given message 3DES is a viable and popular symmetric block algorithm

AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) NIST(National Institute of Standards and Technology)

replaced DES in 1997 with AES Uses the Rijndael algorithm Supports key/block sizes of 128, 192, and 256 bits Uses 10/12/14 rounds as block size increases

Symmetric Algorithms

IDEA (International Data Encryption Algorithm) Operates on 64 bit blocks in 8 rounds with 128 bit key Considered stronger than DES and is used in PGP(Pretty

Good Privacy)Blowfish

64 bit block cipher with up to 448 bit key and 16 rounds Designed by Bruce Schneier

RC5 Block size 32/64/128 bits Variable key size up to 2048 bits Created by Ron Rivest

Asymmetric Algorithms

In asymmetric cryptography, each user has two keys: a public key and a private key. The public key is made public. For example, it may be published on a Web site. The private key must be kept secret. It is never shared with anyone. Their main use is in solving the key exchange problem for symmetric cryptography

Asymmetric algorithms tend to be very inefficient cause it is very slow, about 100 times slower than DES

Asymmetric Algorithms

Diffie-Hellman First widely known public key cryptography algorithm Provides means for secure key exchange over insecure channel

RSA Stands for inventors names, Rivest, Shamir, and Adleman Relies on difficulty of finding prime factorization of large

numbers

Hashing Algorithms

Cryptographic hashing functions are used to ensure the integrity of data. Cryptographic hashing functions are sometimes called cryptographic checksums or integrity checksums.

Hashing functions are also used for digital signatures

Hashing Algorithms

MD5 Computes 128-bit hash value Widely used for file integrity checking

SHA-1 Computes 160-bit hash value NIST approved message digest algorithm

Digital Signature

Public key encryption enabled the development of the technology of digital signatures. Digital signatures are somewhat analogous to traditional handwritten signatures. Digital signatures are strongly bound to the document, but weakly bound to the individual. A digital signature is computed, in part, using the contents of the document being signed.

Digital Signature

Hash of message encrypted with private keyThe receiver verifies the signature with

sender public keyDSS provides• Sender authentication• Verification of message integrity• Non-Repudiation

Public Key Infrastructure

A PKI (public key infrastructure) enables users of a basically unsecure public network such as the Internet to securely and privately exchange data and money through the use of a public and a private cryptographic key pair that is obtained and shared through a trusted authority. The public key infrastructure provides for a digital certificate that can identify an individual or an organization and directory services that can store and, when necessary, revoke the certificates.

Public Key Infrastructure

A public key infrastructure consists of: A certificate authority (CA) that issues and verifies

digital certificate. A certificate includes the public key or information about the public key

A registration authority (RA) that acts as the verifier for the certificate authority before a digital certificate is issued to a requestor

One or more directories where the certificates (with their public keys) are held

A certificate management system

Cryptanalysis Attacks

Brute force Trying all key values in the keyspace

Frequency Analysis Guess values based on frequency of occurrence

Dictionary Attack Find plaintext based on common words

Cryptanalysis Attacks

Replay Attack Repeating previous known values

Factoring Attacks Find keys through prime factorization

Known Plaintext Format or content of plaintext available

Known cipher attacks The attacker has the ciphertext and tries to decrypt

the message by generating all possible keys

Cryptanalysis Attacks

Chosen Plaintext Attack can encrypt chosen plaintext

Chosen Ciphertext Decrypt known ciphertext to discover key

Differential Power Analysis Side Channel Attack Identify algorithm and key length

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