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The "Awesome Papers" project is a curated collection of foundational resources aimed at helping non-cryptographers understand the basics of cryptography. This list encompasses a variety of scholarly articles, research papers, and educational materials that simplify complex cryptographic concepts. It is particularly beneficial for students, educators, and professionals from other fields who wish to gain insights into cryptographic theory without requiring extensive prior knowledge. By providing accessible explanations and practical examples, this collection empowers users to grasp essential cryptographic principles and their applications in real-world scenarios.

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Table of Contents

15 sections · 101 projects

Simple: cryptography for non-engineers

2 projects
Nuts and Bolts of Encryption: A Primer for Policymakers

cs.princeton.edu
Keys under Doormats

dspace.mit.edu

Brief introductions

3 projects
An Overview of Cryptography

web.archive.org
Using Encryption for Authentication in Large Networks

inst.eecs.berkeley.edu
Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems

web.archive.org

General cryptographic interest

2 projects
Another Look at “Provable Security”

eprint.iacr.org
The security impact of a new cryptographic library

cryptojedi.org

Hashing

5 projects
FIPS 198-1: HMACs

nvlpubs.nist.gov
FIPS 202: SHA3

nvlpubs.nist.gov
Birthday problem

en.wikipedia.org
On the Security of HMAC and NMAC Based on HAVAL, MD4, MD5, SHA-0 and SHA-1

eprint.iacr.org
On the Security of Randomized CBC-MAC Beyond the Birthday Paradox Limit

eprint.iacr.org

Secret key cryptography

16 projects
FIPS 197

nvlpubs.nist.gov
List of proposed operation modes of AES

csrc.nist.gov
Recomendation for Block Cipher modes of operation: Methods and Techniques

nvlpubs.nist.gov
Stick figure guide to AES

moserware.com
Cache timing attacks on AES

cr.yp.to
Cache Attacks and Countermeasures: the Case of AES

eprint.iacr.org
Salsa20 family of stream ciphers

cr.yp.to
New Features of Latin Dances: Analysis of Salsa, ChaCha, and Rumba

eprint.iacr.org
ChaCha20-Poly1305 Cipher Suites for Transport Layer Security (TLS)

tools.ietf.org
AES submission document on Rijndael

csrc.nist.gov
Ongoing Research Areas in Symmetric Cryptography

web.archive.org
The Galois/Counter Mode of Operation (GCM)

web.archive.org
The Security and Performance of the Galois/Counter Mode (GCM) of Operation

eprint.iacr.org
GCM Security Bounds Reconsidered

iacr.org
Proxy-Mediated Searchable Encryption in SQL Databases Using Blind Indexes

eprint.iacr.org
DES is not a group

link.springer.com

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