Cryptography Primer – What Can Go Wrong
11This will be the first of six cryptography primer sessions exploring the basics of modern cryptography. In this session, we’ll explore the basics of security protocols and how they can fail spectacularly. This will lay the groundwork for subsequent sessions which will delve more deeply into specifics. Subsequent sessions (on alternating Fridays) are expected to include the following topics. Depending on the interests of the participants, other topics may be included or substituted. • Symmetric functions including RC4, DES, AES, SHA1, and the SHA-2 family • Integer asymmetric functions including BigNums, Diffie-Hellman, RSA, and DSA • Non-integer asymmetric functions including elliptic curves and lattice-based systems • Protocol properties including forward secrecy, crypto agility, and certificate management • Applications including zero-knowledge, secret sharing, homomorphic encryption, and election protocols