Introduction

Review of concepts: probability and entropy

• Introduction To Probability, Bertsekas and Tsitsiklis

• Information Theory, Inference, and Learning Algorithms, David J.C. MacKay

• Write-up on information entropy, Mario Cagalj

Basic security concepts

• Cryptography and Network Security: Principles and Practice, William Stallings

• Introduction to Modern Cryptography, Jonathan Katz and Yehuda Lindell

• Real-World Cryptography, David Wong

• Practical Cryptography for Developers, Svetlin Nakov

• Security Engineering, Ross Anderson

• Overview of Information Security, Mario Cagalj

Symmetric key cryptography

• Symmetric key cryptography (more dense slides)

• Perfect Secrecy and Ideal Cipher, Mario Cagalj

• Block cipher model sketch (.png)

• Symmetric Key Encryption, Mario Cagalj

Asymmetric key cryptography

• New Directions in Cryptography, Diffie and Hellman

• A Method for Obtaining Digital Signatures and Public-Key Cryptosystems, Rivest, Shamir, and Adleman

• Public key operation cartoon (.png)

• Public Key Encryption, Mario Cagalj

Authentication functions

• Collision Search Attacks on SHA1, Wang, Yin and Yu

• Colliding X.509 Certificates, Lenstra, Wang and Weger

• A Method for Obtaining Digital Signatures and Public-Key Cryptosystems, Rivest, Shamir, and Adleman

• Message Authentication and Integrity, Mario Cagalj

• Password Hashing, Mario Cagalj

Transport Layer Security (TLS)

• The Illustrated TLS 1.2 Connection

• TLS1.2 handshake cartoon (.png)

Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol