Introduction to encryption with DES ShowDES, secret-key decryption
On 15 May 1973, the NBS (National Bureau of Standards, now called NIST - National Institute of Standards and Technology) published a request in the Federal Register for an encryption algorithm that would meet the...
[Myth] WEP encryption protecting wireless network ShowWEP encryption protecting wireless network
Myth
Explanation
Myth
WEP encryption helps to protect my wireless network.
==Reality=
FALSE
Explanation
WEP encryption are common for restricting unauthorized persons for using and...
Unable to connect to a WiFi network encrypted in WPA ShowUnable to connect to a WiFi network encrypted in WPA
Symptoms
My configuration
Solution
Explanation
Symptoms
You are unable to connect to WiFi network encrypted in WPA, even though it is listed, and with a very good signal (3 or 4...
[TrueCrypt] Creating encrypted volumes Show[TrueCrypt] Creating encrypted volumes
TrueCrypt is a software allowing you to protect data by encrypting them.
Besides being stable, it available for Linux and Windows platforms.
Installing TrueCrypt
TrueCrypt is not available in the Ubuntu...
802.11i / WPA2 ShowIntroduction to 802.11i
802.11i was ratified on 24 June 2004, in order to address security issues in WiFi networks. Like WPE, it relies on the TKIP encryption algorithm, but it also supports the much more secure AES (Advanced Encryption Standard)....
Private-key (or secret-key) cryptography ShowSymmetric encryption
Symmetric encryption (also called private-key encryption or secret-key encryption) involves using the same key for encryption and decryption.
Encryption involves applying an operation (an algorithm) to the data to be...
Public-key systems Showthe principle of public-key encryption
The principle of asymmetric encryption (also called public-key encryption) first appeared in 1976, with the publication of a work about cryptography by Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman.
In an asymmetric...