CSE 207: Links

• Standing the test of time: The Data Encryption Standard: pdf file of an article on DES by Susan Landau that is a good accompanyment to the chapter on block ciphers in the course notes.
• Rijndael: NIST's selection for AES.
• Speeds of AES implementations
• Integer factorization: Some factorization records; FactorWorld ; RSA factoring challenges ; Recent Progress and Prospects for Integer Factorisation Algorithms by Richard Brent.
• Discrete logarithm computation records ;
• Discrete logarithms: The past and the future, by A. M. Odlyzko, Designs, Codes, and Cryptography 19 (2000), pp. 129-145. [Postscript]
• An attack on DSA? [Link provided by Alexandra Boldyreva]
• Attacks on wireless standards and more information [Links provided by Alexandra Boldyreva]
• CRANK (CRyptANalysis toolKit) : About classical ciphers and how to break them. [Link provided by Eugene Tsyrklevich]
• Crypto-Gram Newsletter [Link provided by Max Alekseyev]
• Snake Oil and Snake Oil Warning Signs: Encryption Software to Avoid, by Bruce Schneier. [Links provided by Max Alekseyev]