Chapter 8 - Encryption Flashcards
MAC
message authentication code
TLS
transport layer security
SSL
Secure Sockets Layer
RSA
Rivest–Shamir–Adleman - asymetric
RFC
Request for Comments
AES
Advanced Encryption Standard - symetric
CA
certificate authority
CRA
certificate revocation list
PKI
Public Key Infrastructure
RA
registration authority
DES
Data Encryption Standard - 56 bit replaced by AES
CAST
CAdams STravares - symetric - Microsoft IBM
GOST
Like Glasnost, DES Soviet - Symetric
Feistel
Horst Feistel used in DES, split block in 2 halves
RC
Ron’s Cipher - RC4, RC5, RC6 - RC4 popular with WEP/WPA
GOST
Like Glasnost, DES Soviet - Symetric, also hash
PRNG
pseudo random number generator
Deffie-Hellman
asymetric, DH, key exchange
ECC
Elliptic Key Cryptography, asymetric, smaller key
El Gamal
asymetric
SHA
secure hash algorithm
MD
message digest algorithm, hash
RIPEMD
RACE Integrity Primitives Message Digest hash
Lanman
Microsoft Windows authentication hash
NTLM
new Microsoft Windows authentication hash
X.509
Public Key Cryptography Standards
IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
LEAP
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol
EAP
Extensive Authentication Protocol
PEAP
Protective Extensible Authentication Protocol