Cryptography Engineering: Design Principles and Practical Applications 1st Edition

by Niels Ferguson (Author), Bruce Schneier (Author), Tadayoshi Kohno (Author)

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The ultimate guide to cryptography, updated from an author teamof the world's top cryptography experts.

Cryptography is vital to keeping information safe, in an erawhen the formula to do so becomes more and more challenging.Written by a team of world-renowned cryptography experts, thisessential guide is the definitive introduction to all major areasof cryptography: message security, key negotiation, and keymanagement. You'll learn how to think like a cryptographer. You'lldiscover techniques for building cryptography into products fromthe start and you'll examine the many technical changes in thefield.

After a basic overview of cryptography and what it means today,this indispensable resource covers such topics as block ciphers,block modes, hash functions, encryption modes, messageauthentication codes, implementation issues, negotiation protocols,and more. Helpful examples and hands-on exercises enhance yourunderstanding of the multi-faceted field of cryptography.

An author team of internationally recognized cryptographyexperts updates you on vital topics in the field ofcryptography
Shows you how to build cryptography into products from thestart
Examines updates and changes to cryptography
Includes coverage on key servers, message security,authentication codes, new standards, block ciphers, messageauthentication codes, and more

Cryptography Engineering gets you up to speed in theever-evolving field of cryptography.

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Learn to build cryptographic protocols that work in the realworld

Knowing how a camera works does not make you a greatphotographer. Knowing what cryptographic designs are and howexisting cryptographic protocols work does not give you proficiencyin using cryptography. You must learn to think like acryptographer.

That is what this book will teach you. Dive deeply intospecific, concrete cryptographic protocols and learn why certaindecisions were made. Recognize the challenges and how to overcomethem. With this book, which is suitable for both classroom andself-study, you will learn to use cryptography effectively inreal-world systems.

Understand what goes into designing cryptographic protocols
Develop an understanding of the interface between cryptographyand the surrounding system, including people, economics, hardware,software, ethics, policy, and other aspects of the real world
Look beyond the security protocol to see weaknesses in thesurrounding system
Thwart the adversary by understanding how adversaries think
Learn how to build cryptography into new products

About the Author

Niels Ferguson is a cryptographer for Microsoft who hasdesigned and implemented cryptographic algorithms, protocols, andlarge-scale security infrastructures.

Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned securitytechnologist whose advice is sought by business, government, andthe media. He is the author of Applied Cryptography, Secrets andLies, and Schneier on Security.

Tadayoshi Kohno is a professor at the University ofWashington. He is known for his research and for developinginnovative new approaches to cryptography and computer securityeducation.

Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (March 15, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0470474246
ISBN-13: 978-0470474242
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William P RossTop Contributor: Architecture

Pragmatic Guide To Cryptography Engineering

January 30, 2017

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Cryptography Engineering discusses building cryptographic systems from the ground up. The focus is on the engineering and security aspect, rather than the theoretical or mathematical. While the book is highly technical in some places, the writing was thoughtful and easy to understand.

Part One of the book looks at the building blocks of cryptography and security. Block ciphers, hashing, and authentication are covered in depth. Possible attack scenarios are covered as well. The book does an excellent job looking at how to build a secure system and how malicious actors can try and bypass the security.

Common examples uses Alice and Bob in diagrams, and 'Eve' is used to represent eavesdroppers or attackers. The diagrams helped me a lot in understanding some situations.

The mid-sections of the book examine some exisiting cryptographic protocols. The focus in on how they are engineered. While there is some math, the more complex math is left as a reference. I thought this was a good decision by the authors so that the book remained readable and did not get lost in theory.

There is an extensive section on Public Key Infrastructure and managing secret keys. The authors tended to focus more on security concerns in this area.

Generally the book does a great job discussing cryptography and security. The three authors are clearly experts and convey their experience in a single voice throughout the book. If you are looking to build a system with cryptography, definitely get this book.

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Maggie Essington

Great For Best-Practice Recommendations

November 27, 2015

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Most books focus on the mathematics behind cryptography. While really cool (and important to know if you plan on fooling with cryptography), those books tend to leave you a little lost in terms of recommendations on how to properly use cryptography in your own applications. This book covers the gap pretty well, I believe; it was an enjoyable read, with enough theory to be interesting but mostly lots of discussion on real use cases. I would recommend this book to anyone new-ish to cryptography that wants recommendations on which crypto algorithms or methods to use. If you want deeper understanding of how it works, you'd probably want to pick a different book to supplement however.

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Mihailo Despotovic

Long awaited update of the Practical Cryptography

March 12, 2010

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I just got the book, skimmed over it and compared it with the 1st edition (Practical Cryptography).

First of all, if you don't have the 1st edition, this is an excellent buy. It's a "middle ground" book and probably the one you should start with if you are interested in practical cryptography. Then, depending on your interests and needs, you could proceed to a technically and mathematically much deeper (but somewhat obsolete) Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C, Second Edition or to some other direction using the foundation laid down in this book and then getting other book(s) about "hard-core" mathematics of cryptography or about "softer" methods of social engineering and real-life security.

I will now assume you know what the book is all about and that you are considering upgrading it so here are some quick things I hope to help you deciding:

- first of all, obviously, the errata from the 1st edition is incorporated into the text (there is no errata for the 2nd edition yet but keep checking on the book's home page [ [..] ]) which also contains the links from the book so you don't have to type them yourself while investigating
- the algorithms, protocols and formulas look the same but they might have minor tweaks, most of the stuff I looked up is the same as in the 1st edition
- the 2nd edition has 60 pages less and that's because the line spacing is smaller (the text is more dense) and not because some material has been omitted (at least I could not find anything significant being removed)
- one (really small) speculative mathematical subchapter has been removed (4.5.6 in 1st edition: Equation Solving Attacks); I guess the attack/math did not turn out to work
- the new addition to the team of the authors is a university professor and, as a result of that, the book has more of a textbook feel: exercises at the end of each chapter are added and the preface now contains example syllabi subchapter with three course proposals (6, 10 and 12 week) based on the book; it is also mentioned in the preface that the book is now "more suited for a self-study"
- the chapter layout is exactly the same as in 1st edition but off by one since "Our Design Philosophy" from the 1st edition has been presented a bit later as a subchapter of another chapter
- there are more references at the end (130 vs 97)
- minor: the cover is more boring, it really looks and, with the denser text inside, feels like a textbook while the 1st edition looked more like an engineering/hacking book

These are my very first quick and most likely incomplete and biased impressions, I might come back and update the review if I find anything significant.

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Anatol

Great book about cryptography

May 30, 2018

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Great book about cryptography.

Most cryptography books focus mostly on math. This book is different - it builds practical engineering understanding of real-world security problems and how cryptography solves it. The is also a little math that helps to understand the algorithms.

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BMD_Kole

Four Stars

May 25, 2017

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A great book for those wanting to broach into the CYBERSECURITY space...

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M. Rodrigues

easy to understand and follow

October 18, 2017

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Well written, easy to understand and follow.

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Ty Pigeon

Five Stars

May 10, 2016

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A great read on cryptography. Very approachable and verbose, even a useful for a layperson to understand.

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JAYNESS the Great

Great book

May 24, 2014

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This book does a great job explaining cryptographic principles and techniques, but is a little light on technical details and the underlying mathematics. That can either be a pro or a con depending on what you are looking for. This book will stay on my shelf for many years.

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