Re: [Sci.nanotech] Encrypting Nanotechnology
- From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 05:43:18 -0000
[ Moderator's note: I've approved the following post, but only as an endpoint
to this thread. The thread's relevance to nanotechnology has evaporated,
among other problems. -JimL ]
Rory McLean writes:
I was a bit reluctant to say too much because of wishing to stay
'on topic', but there is an introduction to encryption, below.
I'm not going to address my comments to Mr. McLean, as that does not
seem to be very useful.
There may be some who are interested in the topic Mr. McLean broached,
but who do not know how to learn more about the topic. I would
strongly recommend that such persons ignore the recent postings by
Mr. McLean as he does not appear able to distinguish subjects that he
understands and can comment on from those that he does not understand
and cannot comment on.
However, that need not leave the interested reader in ignorance.
Cryptography is a large area which requires substantial study to
become expert in, but the knowledge of experts is widely available via
books and papers, and introductory materials are quite accessible to a
reader with a reasonable background in mathematics.
There are a number of good books on the market that I mentioned in
earlier postings. Bruce Schneier has written two, and as these things
go they are only moderately out of date at this point. "Handbook of
Applied Cryptography" which I also mentioned is also, again, only
modestly out of date and is a reasonable introduction to the subject.
I caution that although the principles explained in these books remain
reasonably correct, details, such as which particular cryptographic
algorithms are currently reasonable to use, are not, and the reader
will have to seek more up to date sources.
Having read an introductory volume or two, a student should be in a
reasonable position to learn more about the subject, and especially to
read recent papers.
There are also a lot of sources out there that focus very specifically
on subtopics in cryptography, such as cryptographic protocols, linear
and differential cryptanalysis, "mental games", cryptographic PRNGs,
zero-knowledge proofs, digital cash and credentials, etc. -- good
academic libraries will have these references. I would not recommend
studying such things until one has a basic grounding, but they should
be fairly accessible given a firm grasp of the basics of the field.
There are also a number of good online forums for discussing these
topics, including sci.crypt and the cryptography mailing list that I
run.
Perry
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