Guide to Internet Cryptography Security Protocols and Real-World Attack Implications

Research over the last two decades has considerably expanded knowledge of Internet cryptography, revealing the important interplay between standardization, implementation, and research.<br>This practical textbook/guide is intended for academic courses in IT security and as a reference guide for Internet security. It describes important Internet standards in a language close to real-world cryptographic research and covers the essential cryptographic standards used on the Internet, from WLAN encryption to TLS and e-mail security. From academic and non-academic research, the book collects information about attacks on implementations of these standards (because these attacks are the main source of new insights into real-world cryptography). By summarizing all this in one place, this useful volume can highlight cross-influences in standards, as well as similarities in cryptographic constructions.<br>Topics and features:<br>· Covers the essential standards in Internet cryptography<br>· Integrates work exercises and problems in each chapter<br>· Focuses especially on IPsec, secure e-mail and TLS<br>· Summarizes real-world cryptography in three introductory chapters<br>· Includes necessary background from computer networks<br>· Keeps mathematical formalism to a minimum, and treats cryptographic primitives mainly as blackboxes<br>· Provides additional background on web security in two concluding chapters<br>Offering a uniquely real-world approach to Internet cryptography, this textbook/reference will be highly suitable to students in advanced courses on cryptography/cryptology, as well as eminently useful to professionals looking to expand their background and expertise.<br>Professor Dr. Jörg Schwenk holds the Chair for Network and Data Security at the Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany. He (co-)authored about 150 papers on the book’s topics, including for conferences like ACM CCS, Usenix Security, IEEE S&P, and NDSS.