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Elementary Cryptography Steven Bogaerts. Goal of Cryptography. Ensure security of communication over insecure medium Privacy (secrecy, confidentiality) Integrity Communicate even with possibility of adversaries. Approaches to Secure Communication. Steganography Hide message existence.
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Goal of Cryptography • Ensure security of communication over insecure medium • Privacy (secrecy, confidentiality) • Integrity • Communicate even with possibility of adversaries
Approaches to Secure Communication • Steganography • Hide message existence • Cryptography • Hide message meaning
Cryptosystem • How does this help us accomplish our goals? • Privacy • Integrity
Security Failures • Privacy failure • Intercept • Integrity failure • Modify • Fabricate • Block
So cryptography is, like, awesome. • But how is it done?
Encryption Algorithms • Two categories: • Keyless • Keyed • Symmetric • Asymmetric • Character representation • A=0, B=1, ..., Z=25 • So A + 3 = D, etc.
Substitution Ciphers • Replace each letter with another • Caesar cipher • ci = E(pi) = pi + 3 • Ex: THE EAGLE HAS LANDEDwkh hdjoh kdv odqghg • Easy to memorize • In general: ci = E(pi) = pi + n
Other Substitution Ciphers • Key: "professional"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZprofesinalbcdghjkmqtuvwxyz • Every third letterABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZadgjmpsvybehknqtwzcfilorux
Cryptanalysis • Brute force: 26! possibilities • Hints: • Frequencies: • Letter (general)E, T, A, O, N, I, R, ... • First letter • Last letter • Guesses at message content • Double letter • Digraphs, trigraphs • Small words
Cryptanalysis • Example: wklv phvvdjh lv qrw wrr kdug wr euhdn
Cryptanalysis • Example: wklv phvvdjh lv qrw wrr kdug wr euhdn • wrr --> see, too, add, odd, off...wr --> to, ofBest guess: w = T, r = O
Cryptanalysis • Example: wklv phvvdjh lv qrw wrr kdug wr euhdn • wrr --> see, too, add, odd, off...wr --> to, ofBest guess: w = T, r = O • lv --> so, is, in, ...T_SO very unlikely...T_IS likelyBest guess: l = I, v = S
Cryptanalysis • Example: wklv phvvdjh lv qrw wrr kdug wr euhdn • wrr --> see, too, add, odd, off...wr --> to, ofBest guess: w = T, r = O • lv --> so, is, in, ...T_SO very unlikely...T_IS likelyBest guess: l = I, v = S • wklv phvvdjh lv qrw wrr kdug wr euhdnT-IS --SS--- IS -OT TOO ---- -- -----
Cryptanalysis wklv phvvdjh lv qrw wrr kdug wr euhdn THIS MESSAGE IS NOT TOO HARD TO BREAK • Regularity • Outside information
Cryptanalysis wklv phvvdjh lv qrw wrr kdug wr euhdn THIS MESSAGE IS NOT TOO HARD TO BREAK • Regularity • Outside information • WWII: af to be target of a major assault • "Damaged" water distillery
One-Time Pad • Avoid regularity • Vernam Cipher exampleKey: CIHJTFDJZMEPQLFHXYRLS...Plaintext: HELLOCIHJT 2 8 7 9 19HELLO + 7 4 11 11 14 9 12 18 20 7 7 = 33 mod 26Ciphertext: J M S U HRemaining key: FDJZMEPQLFHXYRLS...
One-Time Pad • Hard to maintain keys • Facilitate key distribution • Novel • Phone book
Transposition • (Substitution - replace one letter with another) • Transposition - mix up plaintext message • Columnar
Transposition • (Substitution - replace one letter with another) • Transposition - mix up plaintext message • Columnar: T A L L C OM P U T E RS C I E N TI S T S R OC K x k g j-->tmsicapcskluitxlteskcenrgortoj
Much More To Discuss... • What makes a "good" encryption algorithm • Data Encryption Standard (DES) • Double and Triple DES • Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) • Public Key Encryption • Rivest-Shamir-Adelman (RSA)
Summary So Far • Maintain privacy, integrity despite adversaries • Cryptosystems • Substitution • Transposition • Cryptanalysis
Bible Codes? • Equidistant Letter Sequences (ELS) • Rips, Witztum in Statistical Science • Reviewers not convinced, but nothing formally wrong
Bible Codes? • Refutations • McKay, Bar-Natan, Kalai, Bar-Hillel in Statistical Science • Moby Dick "predicts" assassinations
Scripture • "... Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you." (Luke 11:9) • "...the counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you." (John 14:26) • "The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law." (Deuteronomy 29:29)