Re: book / literature that details implementation issues

From: Adam O'Brien (adamobrien54321_at_yahoo.co.uk)
Date: 05/20/03


Date: 20 May 2003 11:18:03 -0700

hennakapoor@hotmail.com (Henna Kapoor) wrote in message news:<1e07a9d3.0305190903.3f27ffff@posting.google.com>...
> I need to understand the implementation issues (software / hardware)
> that are usually encountered when one has to implement a given cipher
> a) eg. in hardware what is the best way to get entropy
> b) how to maintain the security of the implementation
> c) if implemented in software - then what portions of the
> implementation can be run in hardware etc
> Thank you

These are quite general questions so here's a reference to a general
text.

Practical Cryptography, N.Fergerson and B.Schneier Publisher: John
Wiley & Sons; 1st edition (March 28, 2003) ISBN: 0471223573

Adam



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