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Chapter 4 - Advanced Cryptography And PKI Flashcards

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Key strength

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The resiliency of a key to resist attacks.

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Three primary characteristics that determine the resiliency of the key to attacks

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1) Randomness
2) length of key
3) cryptoperiod

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Cryptoperiod

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The length of time for which a key is authorized for use.

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Block cipher mode of operation

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A process that specifies how block ciphers should handle plaintext.

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Most common block cipher modes of operation

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1) Electronic Code Book (ECB)
2) Cipher Block Chaining (CBC)
3) Counter (CTR)
4) Galois/Counter (GCM)

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Electronic Code Book (ECB)

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A process in which plaintext is divided into blocks and each block is then encrypted separately.

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Cipher Block Chaining (CBC)

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A process in which each block of plaintext is XORed with the previous block of ciphertext before being encrypted.

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Counter (CTR)

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A process in which both the message sender and receiver access a counter, which computes a new value each time a ciphertext block is exchanged.

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Galois/Counter (GCM)

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A process that both encrypts and computes a message authentication code (MAC).

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Crypto service provider

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A service used by an application to implement cryptography.

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Crypto modules

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Cryptography modules that are invoked by crypto service providers.

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Algorithm input values

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1) salt

2) nonce

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Nonce

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A value that must be unique within some specified scope.

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Initialization vector (IV)

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A nonce that is selected in a non-predictable way.

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Salt

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A value that can be used to ensure that plaintext, when hashed, will not consistently result in the same digest.

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Digital certificate

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A technology used to associate a users identity to a public key and that has been digitally signed by a trusted third party.

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Certificate Signing Request (CSR)

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A user request for a digital certificate.

Ex. Car title application

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Intermediate certificate authority (CA)

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An entity that processes the CSR and verifies the authenticity of the user on behalf of a certificate authority (CA).

Ex. Visit county courthouse

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Certificate Authority (CA)

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The entity that is responsible for digital certificates. Also called a root CA.

Ex. Title sent from state DMV

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Certificate Repository (CR)

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A publicly accessible centralized directory of digital certificates that can be used to view the status of a digital certificate.

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Certificate revocation list (CRL)

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A list of certificate serial numbers that have been revoked.

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Online certificate status protocol (OCSP)

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A process that performs a real-time lookup of a certificate’s status.

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Stapling

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A process for verifying the status of a certificate by sending queries at regular intervals to receive a signed time-stamped response.

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Certificate chaining

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Linking several certificates together to establish trust between all the certificates involved.

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User digital certificate

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The end-point of the certificate chain.

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Root digital certificate

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A certificate that is created and verified by a CA. The beginning point of the certificate chain.

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Pinning

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Hard-coding a digital certificate within a program that is using the certificate.

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Key exchange

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The handshake setup between web browser and web server.

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Domain validation digital certificate

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Certificate that verifies the identity of the entity that has control over the domain name.

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Extended validation certificate (EV)

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Certificate that requires more extensive verification of the legitimacy of the business than does a domain validation digital certificate.

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Wildcard digital certificate

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Certificate used to validate a main domain along with all subdomains.

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Subject Alternative Name (SAN)

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Also known as a Unified Communications Certificate (UCC), certificate primarily used for Microsoft Exchange servers or unified communications.

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Hardware and software digital certificates

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1) machine digital certificate
2) code signing digital certificate
3) email digital certificate

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Machine digital certificate

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Certificate used to verify the identity of a device in a network transaction.

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Code signing digital certificate

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Certificate used by software developers to digitally sign a program to prove that the software comes from the entity that signed it and that no unauthorized third party has altered it.

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Email digital certificate

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A certificate that allows a user to digitally sign and encrypt mail messages.

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All X.509 certificates follow the standard ITU-T X.690, which specifies one of three different encoding formats..

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1) Basic Encoding Rules (BER)
2) Canonical Encoding Rules (CER)
3) Distinguished Encoding Rules (DER)

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Privacy Enhancement Mail (PEM)

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An X.509 file format that is designed to provide confidentiality and integrity to emails, it uses DER encoding and can have multiple certificates.

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Personal Information Exchange (PFX)

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An X.509 file format that is the preferred file format for creating certificates to authenticate applications or websites, PFX is password protected because it contains both private and public keys.

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PKCS#12

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An X.509 file format that is one of a numbered set of 15 standards defined by RSA Corporation, it is based on the RSA public key algorithm and like PFX contains both private and public keys.

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Public key infrastructure (PKI)

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The underlying infrastructure for the management of public keys used in digital certificates.

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Three PKI trust models

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1) hierarchical trust model
2) distributed trust model
3) bridge trust model

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Hierarchical trust model

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PKI trust model that assigns a single hierarchy with one master CA who signs all digital certificate authorities with a single key.

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Distributed Trust model

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PKI trust model that assigns multiple CA’s to sign digital certificates.

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Bridge trust model

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PKI trust model where one CA acts as facilitator to interconnect all other CA’s. The facilitator CA does not issue digital certificates; instead, it acts as the hub between hierarchical trust models and distributed trust models.

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Certificate policy

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A published set of rules that govern the operation of a PKI. Provides recommended baseline security requirements for the use and operation of CA, intermediate CA, and other PKI components.

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Certificate Practice Statement (CPS)

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Describes in detail how the CA uses and manages certificates.

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Object identifier (OID)

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A designator made up of a series of numbers separated with a dot which names an object or entity.

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Key escrow

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A process in which keys are managed by a third party, such as a trusted CA.

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Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

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An early and widespread cryptographic transport algorithm; now considered obsolete.

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Transport Layer Security (TLS)

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A widespread cryptographic transport algorithm. Current versions v1.1 and v1.2 are considered secure.

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Secure Shell (SSH)

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An encrypted alternative to the Telnet protocol that is used to access remote computers.

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Hypertext Transport Protocol Secure (HTTPS)

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HTTP sent over SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) or TLS (Transport Layer Security).

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Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME)

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A protocol for securing email messages.

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Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP)

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A protocol for providing protection for Voice over IP (VoIP) communications.

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Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)

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A protocol suite for securing Internet Protocol (IP) communications.

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Authentication Header (AH)

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An IPSec protocol that authenticates that packets received were sent from the source.

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Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)

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An IPSec protocol that encrypts packets.

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Transport mode

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An IPSec mode that encrypts only the data portion (pay-load) of each packet yet leaves the header unencrypted.

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Tunnel mode

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An IPSec mode that encrypts both the header and the data portion.

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Session keys

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Symmetric keys used to encrypt and decrypt information exchanged during the session and to verify its integrity.

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