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Re: [Cryptography] Books on modern cryptanalysis
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan Katz)
Wed Sep 11 15:31:03 2013
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Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:45:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jonathan Katz <jkatz@cs.umd.edu>
To: Bernie Cosell <bernie@fantasyfarm.com>
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On Wed, 11 Sep 2013, Bernie Cosell wrote:
> Anyhow, are there any (not *too* technical) books on the modern
> techniques for attacking cryptosystems?
Really depends what you mean by "attacking"; there are attacks at the
protocol level (e.g., padding-oracle attacks), at the crypto level (e.g.,
differential cryptanalysis), and at the physical level (e.g., side-channel
attacks).
As a general introduction to modern crypto that covers the first two
categories a bit, I recommend "Introduction to Modern Cryptography" by
myself and Y. Lindell (soon to come out with a 2nd edition containing even
more attacks!).
For block-cipher cryptanalysis, I have been very impressed by the material
in "The Block Cipher Companion" by Knudsen and Robshaw.
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