Cryptography > Papers
Theory basics for using cryptography by non-cryptographers.
Contents
The list
Introducing people to data security and cryptography
Nuts and Bolts of Encryption: A Primer for Policymakers
Keys under Doormats
Or why cryptography shouldn't be backdoored, by a all-star committee of crypto researches from around the world.
Nuts and Bolts of Encryption: A Primer for Policymakers
Keys under Doormats
Or why cryptography shouldn't be backdoored, by a all-star committee of crypto researches from around the world.
An Overview of Cryptography
By Gary C. Kessler.
Using Encryption for Authentication in Large Networks
By Needham, Schroeder: this is were crypto-based auth starts.
Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems
Fundamental cryptography paper by Claude Shannon.
Another Look at “Provable Security”
Inquiries into formalism and naive intuition behind security proofs, by Neal Koblitz et al.
The security impact of a new cryptographic library
Introductory paper on NaCl, discussing important aspects of implementing cryptography and using it as a larger building block in security systems, by Daniel J. Bernstein, Tanja Lange, Peter Schwabe.