Outline of cryptography#Undeciphered historical codes and ciphers

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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to cryptography:

Cryptography (or cryptology) – practice and study of hiding information. Modern cryptography intersects the disciplines of mathematics, computer science, and engineering. Applications of cryptography include ATM cards, computer passwords, and electronic commerce.

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Essence of cryptography

Uses of cryptographic techniques

Branches of cryptography

History of cryptography

Ciphers

=Classical=

==[[Substitution cipher|Substitution]]==

==[[Transposition cipher|Transposition]]==

=Modern symmetric-key algorithms=

{{main|Symmetric-key algorithm}}

==[[Stream ciphers]]==

==[[Block ciphers]]==

{{further|Block cipher modes of operation}}

=Modern asymmetric-key algorithms=

==[[Asymmetric key algorithm]]==

Keys

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=[[Key authentication]]=

=Transport/exchange=

=[[Weak key]]s=

[[Cryptographic hash function]]s

[[Cryptanalysis]]

=Classical=

=Modern=

Robustness properties

Undeciphered historical codes and ciphers

Organizations and selection projects

=Cryptography standards=

=General cryptographic=

=Open efforts=

  • Data Encryption Standard (DES) – NBS selection process, ended 1976
  • RIPE – division of the RACE project sponsored by the European Union, ended mid-1980s
  • Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) – a "break-off" competition sponsored by NIST, ended in 2001
  • NESSIE Project – an evaluation/selection program sponsored by the European Union, ended in 2002
  • eSTREAM– program funded by ECRYPT; motivated by the failure of all of the stream ciphers submitted to NESSIE, ended in 2008
  • CRYPTREC – evaluation/recommendation program sponsored by the Japanese government; draft recommendations published 2003
  • CrypTool – an e-learning freeware programme in English and German— exhaustive educational tool about cryptography and cryptanalysis

Influential cryptographers

Legal issues

Academic and professional publications

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Allied sciences

See also

References

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