You're reading from Demystifying Cryptography with OpenSSL 3.0 Discover the best techniques to enhance your network security with OpenSSL 3.0

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800560345

Length 342 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Tools

Wireshark

Concepts

Cryptography

Author (1):

Alexei Khlebnikov

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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Introduction

2. Chapter 1: OpenSSL and Other SSL/TLS Libraries FREE CHAPTER

3. Part 2: Symmetric Cryptography

4. Chapter 2: Symmetric Encryption and Decryption

5. Chapter 3: Message Digests

6. Chapter 4: MAC and HMAC

7. Chapter 5: Derivation of an Encryption Key from a Password

8. Part 3: Asymmetric Cryptography and Certificates

9. Chapter 6: Asymmetric Encryption and Decryption

10. Chapter 7: Digital Signatures and Their Verification

11. Chapter 8: X.509 Certificates and PKI

12. Part 4: TLS Connections and Secure Communication

13. Chapter 9: Establishing TLS Connections and Sending Data over Them

14. Chapter 10: Using X.509 Certificates in TLS

15. Chapter 11: Special Usages of TLS

16. Part 5: Running a Mini-CA

17. Chapter 12: Running a Mini-CA

18. Index

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