- Cyphernomicon - http://www2.pro-ns.net/~crypto/cyphernomicon.html
Tim May's CryptoNotes, and an introduction to the Cypherpunks.
- The Munitions Maker Graphic - http://online.offshore.com.ai/arms-trafficker/rsa2d.html
Campaign to distribute image (rsa2d.gif) in protest of ITAR regulations that treat encryption as munitions.
- Cypherpunks - ftp://ftp.csua.berkeley.edu/pub/cypherpunks/mailing_list/index.html
Group, with mailing list, that is interested in privacy and cryptography.
- Strong Cryptography Links on the Internet - http://www.c4i.org/erehwon/crypto.html
Dealing with cryptography, information security, cryptographers government, commercial, university, and personal sites, newsgroups, publications, programs and applications.
- Choosing a Good Password - http://www.cs.umd.edu/faq/Passwords.shtml
Tips on choosing a difficult to crack password and pitfalls in password selection.
- Coderpunks - http://home.att.net/~lewis.mccarthy/InfosecProjects/Coderpunks/
Little sister of the cypherpunk mailing list. Discussion of implementations of strong, robust cryptosystems.
- RSA - Hacking and Cracking - http://members.tripod.com/irish_ronan/rsa/
Discusses security problems and possible attacks against the RSA cryptosystem.
- Crypto-Gram - http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram.html
Free monthly email newsletter covering developments in cryptography and other computer security issues.
- Cryptography FAQ - http://www.faqs.org/faqs/cryptography-faq/
Ten part FAQ list that is essential reading for any newcomer to cryptography.
- Cryptography World - http://www.cryptographyworld.com
Introduction to cryptography, including concepts, key management and application.
- Polymorphic Cipher Theory - http://www.ciphers.de/products/polymorphic_cipher_theory.html
Article by C. B. Roellgen discussing a class of self-compiling symmetric encryption algorithms.
- Cryptonomicon - http://www.cryptonomicon.net/
Cryptography related articles, downloads, news, links and discussions.
- Adam Back's Homepage: Cypherspace - http://cypherspace.org/adam/
Find information on some cryptanalytic hacks, breaking weak cryptosystems and links to more cryptography related websites.
- Home of HB9CUF - http://cryptoup.roenet.ch/
Free cryptographic tools: CryptoUP to secure and transport any kind of file; FindSR helps to analyze ciphertext.
- Deschall - http://www.interhack.net/projects/deschall/
Articles describing the first crack of a DES-encrypted message, with some source code and mailing list archives.
- Snake Oil FAQ - http://www.interhack.net/people/cmcurtin/snake-oil-faq.html
Guide to evaluating the quality and fitness for purpose of cryptography tools.
- Randomness and the Netscape Browser - http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~daw/netscape-randomness.html
Article about cracking the original Netscape encryption algorithm, and links to resources for generating crypto strength randomness.
- The Cipher Challenge - http://www.simonsingh.net/Cipher_Challenge.html
History of a code cracking competition. Challenge details, how it was solved, winners, essays and photo gallery.
- CryptoMX Tools - http://cryptomx.sourceforge.net
Set of cryptography tools written entirely in JavaScript, designed to work on any computer with a JavaScript capable browser.
- Frode Weierud's Cryptology Page - http://frode.home.cern.ch/frode/crypto/
History of cryptography, cipher machines and their simulation, cryptanalysis and other code breaking techniques.
- Standard Cryptographic Algorithm Naming - http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hopwood/crypto/scan/
Provides references for a collection of cryptographic algorithms, assigning each an ASCII name and zero or more aliases.
- Crypto Machines - http://www.jproc.ca/crypto/
Features machines and systems used in secure communications. Includes brief history on cryptography.
- MD5 Reverse Lookup - http://md5.crysm.net
Project to record and search for mappings of MD5 hashes to their original messages.
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