Re: (A little OT) Introduction to cryptography
>>>>> On Fri, 23 Mar 2001 13:50:54 +0100, Philippe Seidel
>>>>> <pagin@gmx.de> was runoured to have said:
> Hi all,
> As you are the only security-related list I'm subscribed to and
> cryptography has something to do with security, I'm directing this
> question to this list.
> I want to inform myself about the internal workings of some simple
> cryptographic algorithm. Now, there's the problem that when I look on
> the internet I either get introductions to some cryptosystems
> (PGP/X.509) or mathematic describtions that go beyond my mathematic
> knowledge (especially as I'm German and know these mathematical terms
> only in German). So I wanted to ask if anyone of you knows an
> easy-to-understand and yet complete explanation of a cryptographic
> algorithm.
Hi, there were a couple of similar thread on linux-crypto some time
ago, archived here: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/
Have a look at the December 2001 archives, threads like the "crypto
basics" and "question about ciphers" should have some useful meta-info...
HTH.
> I already thought of looking into the libssl-sources, but I don't think
> I will understand them either without knowing about the algorithms.
> Thanks for your help in advance,
> Philippe
Rgds,
/-sb.
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