Encryption and Security-related Resources

Crypto Link Farms

Internet2 Security Working Group
Extensive collection of links to academic, industry, and other security oriented pages.
Anonymity, privacy, security.: Very nicely done collection of links to anonymity, privacy, and security resources.
Bellare - Crypto links: More link farms, conferences, organizations, electronic commerce, IETF, key forfeiture, crypto people.
Cambridge Computer Security Group Links: Huge collections of links to security-related sites - the format is a bit like this list.
Comprehensive list of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) links: Links to PKI documents, specifications, CA's, and sites with PKI-related useful information.
Coast Security Archive - Category Index: A large archive of security software, publications, and technical information.
COAST Hotlist Contents: Gene Spaffords crypto and security link farm.
Cryptography: PGP, encryption algorithms, legal issues.
Cryptography URL: Encryption standards, FAQ's, and FTP sites.
DSTC Security Related Links: Links to crypto, digital signatures, e-cash, internet backing, smart cards, NT security, PKI, standards.
Email security, cryptography and related stuff: PEM, MIME, and MOSS RFCs, links to CA's, implementations, literature, PGP.
European Cryptography Resources: Recommendations, drafts, papers, new items, official bodies, research, and government meddling.
Firewall Security Jump Page: Links and summaries of a wide variety of firewall products.
Gateway to Information Security Home Page: Links to a large number of security-related sites, books, journals, and related information (imagine this page, but not all lumped together on one page).
Home-Page of Markus Hübner: Security, cryptography, hacking, business on the Internet, security software, satellite hacking.
International Cryptographic Software Pages for Encryption, Decryption, Cryptanalysis, Steganography, and Related Methods: Algorithms, software packages, protocols and standards, books, journals, conferences, newsgroups, mailing lists, crypto links.
Links Related to Terrorism, Intelligence, and Crime: A large number of intelligence, security, law enforcement, disaster planning, terrorism, crime, military, and defense agencies and organizations.
Luca Venuti's Home Page - TPC: Electronic privacy links, organisations, newsgroups.
No Big Brother Page: Links to remailers, anon proxies, crypto and stego software, file wiping tools, privacy and anti-privacy organisations.
NCSA Hot Links: Anti-virus software, firewalls, general security vendors, general infosec links, parental control, privacy, law, and ethics.
Neil's Security and Privacy Resources: Encryption, steganography, special events, research, documents, news, security archives, security organizations.
Network/Computer Security Technology: Current events, security web pages, commercial security tools, newsgroups, mailing lists, FAQ's, incident bulletins, conferences/seminars/workshops.
PGP Resources: Resources related to PGP such as mailer add-ons and front-ends, key servers, and related information.
PGP-Users Mailing List Home Page: PGP-related information, remailers, privacy information, security and crypto links.
Spanish Crypto Resources: Spanish crypto and security-related companies, magazines, and events.
Steganography: Stego papers, references, research groups, related resources.
Strong Cryptography Links on the Internet: Links to crypto companies, universities, newsgroups, books, algorithms, security and crypto tools.
Technical Information - Cryptography: Links to other crypto sites, source code archives, companies and organisations, peope, and reference information.
The Rotherwick Firewall Resource - Point of Attack: Firewall basics, white papers, products, manufacturers, books, papers, training, mailing lists, links to other firewall-related resources.
Tom Dunigan's Security page: PGP, S/Key, Kerberos, crypto API's, secure applications, commercial providers, government agencies, intrusion detection, vulnerabilities.
TSA (Law Enforcement and Intelligence) Links: More links to law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
Uni-GH Siegen - Security-Server: Encryption algorithms, data protection, steganography, ecash, Internet security, viruses, conferences, security standards, newsgroups and mailing lists, RFC, journals.
University of Torino Security Resources: Links to web pages, newsgroups, FTP sites, research labs, papers, conferences, and journals.
Vince Cate's Cryptorebel/Cypherpunk Page: Cypherpunks resources, remailers, digital cash, PGP, and Clipper.
Vinnie's Crypto Links: Crypto overviews and FAQ's, link farms, encrypted comms, e-commerce, crypto libraries.

Crypto FTP Archives

FUNET crypto archive: PGP, symmetric and asymmetric encryption, crypto libraries, papers.
North American Cryptography Archives: Archive of crypto software, only available from the US and Canada.
Oxford Uni crypto archives: DES, SSL, cryptanalysis, documentation, PGP, miscellaneous.
Replay crypto/security archives: Apache, Applied Crypto files, encryption, Java, PGP, remailers, security, voice encryption files.
Tattooman Crypto Archive: Large selection of crypto software, but trapped behind the iron curtain.
University of Hamburg crypto archive: Disk and file encryption, PGP, stego, voice encryption.
University of Oslo PGP archive: PGP and PGP-related software.
UREC archive: French archive of CERT bulletins, dictionaries, PC, Unix, VMS security software (mostly anti-virus and access control rather than crypto).

Crypto Social Issues

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Possible rigging of Crypto AG hardware by the NSA.

[1997] 1 Web JCLI: Analysis of the UK governments policy on encryption.
Additional Comments of Philip R. Karn, Jr.: Phil Karn rebuts inaccurate and bizarre government claims in congressional testimony (this is an example of the kind of misinformation which government advisors often provide to their governments).
Adopt An MP - Homepage: UK campaign to adopt an MP and enlighten them over problems with crypto restrictions.
Americans for Computer Privacy: Computer privacy issues.
BBC News - Encryption: BBC news stories on encryption, including "UK Government dithers on encryption regulation".
Big Brother Incorporated: Companies which supply surveillance technology to non-democratic regimes.
Brookings Policy Brief No.21.: Brookings Institute study of crypto policy (pro-GAK).
C to English and English to C translator: Translates crypto code into English to allow it to be exported, then translates it back into code afterwards.
CACIB: UK government tactics for deploying GAK.
Canada's export controls: Summary of the Canadian crypto export situation.
Cato Handbook for Congress: Freedom on the Internet and Other Computer Networks: Cato Institute study of crypto policy (anti-GAK).
Centre for Democracy and Technology Crypto Page: CDT information on current US crypto policy
CIPHR'99 Conference: Cryptography & International Protection of Human Rights: Conference on crypto and human rights.
Clipper Roadshow: US government policy laundering on key escrow.
CNET features - digital life - privacy in the digital age: Digital privacy (or more specifically, the lack thereof).
Codex Surveillance & Privacy Page: Surveillance, stalking, privacy invasion, eavesdropping, and anything else related to these categories.
Comments on Encryption Transfers: Comments on new US export regulations.
Comments on Encryption Transfers - HTML: Easier-to-handle HTML versions of the above.
Crime, Terror & War: National Security & Public Safety in the Information Age: The sky is falling! The sky is falling!
Crypto AG: Reports of Crypto AG rigging crypto hardware to allow NSA decryption.
Crypto AG - Der Spiegel (German): Allegations of intelligence agencies subverting Crypto AG product security.
Crypto-Controls Advisory Services: The one organisation making money out of US export controls.
Crypto Law Survey: A survey of crypto laws in various countries.
Crypto regulation in Europe: The state of crypto regulation plans in Europe as of May 1997.
Cryptography's Role in Securing the Information Society: National Academy of Sciences report on cryptography policy.
Cyberspace Law for Non-Lawyers: Privacy laws and the Internet.
DIE ZEIT Nr. 28/1998 Leichtes Spiel: German news report on NSA industrial espionage leading to $100M loss for German company.
DIE ZEIT Nr. 39 vom 17. 9. 1998: Hintertür für Spione: Another report on Enercon industrial espionage.
Distributing encryption software by the Internet: loopholes in Australian export controls: Examination of legal implications of electronic export from Australia. Conclusion: It's OK.
DTI/UK Encryption Policy: Reply to the DTI Consultation Paper on Licensing of Trusted Third Parties for the Provision of Encryption Services.
E-commerce under threat from encryption deal: The Australian Financial Review on Wassenaar'98.
Echelon: Exposing the Global Surveillance System: Covert Action Quarterly article on wordlwide NSA surveillance.
ECHELON: America's Secret Global Surveillance Network: Free Congress Foundation report on Echelon surveillance system.
EE Times - White Paper: White paper on hackers.
Emerging Japanese Encryption Policy: How Japan, Inc, handles encryption policy (a real contrast to the US governments attitude).
Encryption Policy and Market Trends: Dorothy Dennings 1997 GAK forecast.
Encryption Policy for the 21st Century: Cato Institute study on the future of encryption.
EPIC Cryptography Policy: EPIC information on current US crypto policy.
EPIC Privacy Links: EPIC privacy resources.
export-a-crypto-system sig: Diminuitive crypto hacks (well-known algorithms in a few lines of Perl, Python, or C) and how to use them to poke fun at export laws.
Export Licensing of Intangibles: Commentary on likely effects of UK proposal to license export of intangibles.
Exposing the Global Surveillance System: Extracts from Nicky Hager's book "Secret Power".
FinCen: Big Brother for financial information.
Former Secrets: Declassified US government machinations to ban/restrict crypto.
FUD! Home Page - Crypto legislation: Contents of and discussion over various US crypto bills.
GILC -- Cryptography and Liberty: Survey of encryption policy worldwide.
GNN on Crypto: Global Network Navigator web review: The NSA vs The Net.
Government, Cryptography, and the Right to Privacy: Paper documenting the overt and covert regulation and restriction of cryptography by governments.
Good Privacy Test Sites: Links to sites which show how easy it is to get information on your and your activities on the net.
GR Design Principles: GAK-resistant crypto protocol design guidelines.
Gray Areas Magazine: Essays and articles on the computer underground (and all sorts of other things).
Green light for limited encryption exports: Australia's interpretation of Wassenaar'98.
IFIP TC11 Position on Cryptopolicies: IFIP's (very sensible) position on crypto use and crypto regulation.
Information About PGP & Encryption: Information on the creeping takeover of GAK.
Interception: Technical details on large-scale GSM and ISDN interception techniques.
Internet Privacy Coalition: Attempts to ensure privacy on the internet.
Interview with David Herson - SOGIS: Interview on European crypto policy.
ITAR Civil Disobedience: Click on this form to become an international arms trafficker.
Key Recovery Study: The risks of key recovery, key escrow, and trusted third party encryption.
KRISIS Home Page: GAK/EuroClipper home page.
NSA and Crypto-politics: Huge (1/2MB) writeup on the NSA and crypto politics.
NSA's Influence on New Zealand Crypto Policy: NSA influence on New Zealand export policy.
No Chance for Key Recovery: Paper on key recovery (GAK) vs human and political rights.
PGP 6.0: Cat out of the bag: Wired article showing just how effective US export controls really are.
Phone Tapping: Information and resources on government phone tapping plans.
Privacy, Inc.: Various resources related to the (lack of) privacy, including access to databases and online information search facilities.
Privacy International Home Page: Privacy reports, interntional agreements on privacy and human rights, surveillance technologies, ID cards, privacy-related conferences.
Privacy on the Internet: Zola Times articles on Internet privacy.
Privacy on the Net: Practical Issues: Links and information on various privacy-related issues (cryptography, anonymity, secure communications).
q/depesche: Free crypto campaign logos.
Remailer list: List of anonymous remailers.
Roger Clarke's Privacy Page: Data surveillance and information privacy information publications, and legislation.
Roger Clarke's Public Interests on the Electronic Frontier: Paper discussing various freedoms and rights such as the right to privacy.
Roxen's General Export Application for Strong 128-bit Encrypted Denied: Swedish government refusal of export permit for 128-bit SSL.
RSA as a MIDI file: RSA encoded as a MIDI file. Technically this is a program and therefore unexportable from the US.
Self Incrimination and Cryptographic Keys: Richmond Journal of Law and Technology article on forced disclosure of crypto keys.
Services Available from Offshore Information Services Ltd.: Offshore internet services and accounts in Anguilla.
SOFTWAR Information Security: Declassified papers and resources on Clipper and key escrow, voice and mail encryption software.
Tapping into CALEA: Government surveillance server ("delivers intercepted call content and identifying information... capacity for up to 512 simulatneous call intercepts".
Telekommunikationsgesetz: East German surveillance state-style laws being applied in the unified Germany.
Telepolis Enfopol-Papiere: Documentation relating to EU telecoms surveillance plans (EU-Echelon).
The Age - Computers: DSD meddling in Australian crypto exports.
Threat and Vulnerability Model for Key Recovery: NSA report on why GAK is bad (yes, you read that right).
Tools For Privacy: Version 1: An online book covering threats to privacy, cryptography, PGP, and related issues.
TruePosition Wireless Location System Home Page: Cellular phone tracking.
UK Cryptographic Policy Discussion Group: ukcrypto mailing list archives.
Updated UK Proposals for Licensing Encryption Services: Critique of UK crypto licensing/GAK proposal.
U.S. Electronic Espionage: A Memoir: First exposure of the NSA and Echelon
US Spy Agency Confirms Secret Princess Diana Files: Echelon in action: APB story on NSA building up 1000+ page file on Princess Diana.
Walsh Report: Report on Australian crypto policy, originally suppressed by the government, then released in censored form after a judicial review, finally obtained as the full version by EFA. Provides most interesting reading since the bits they didn't want the public to see are now highlighted in red.
What your Browser is Sending: See what information your web browser is sending to remote servers.

Crypto Software

ABA JCE: Clean-room JCE implementation.
Advanced Cryptography Tool: Crypto tool using PGP 2.6.3i with triple DES and SHA-1.
AES Algorithm Efficiency: Free-world implementations of the AES algorithms.
Alex Encryption: Encryption based on automata theory (unknown security level).
Ambient Empire: Vigenere cipher cracker, Windows port scanner.
Apache HTTP Server Project: Apache secure web server.
BSAFEeay, a public domain implementation of the BSAFE API: BSAFE API wrapper around SSLeay.
Canadian Cryptographic/cryptanalytic software: Canadian encryption software and companies.
CAP: Cryptographic analysis program (automatically analyse and break simple ciphers).
Cedomir Igaly's SSH Page: Free SSH for Windows.
Cédric Gourio's Java-SSH: SSH client in Java.
CIPE: Crypto IP encapsulation - encrypting IP routers using Linux.
CipherClerk: Software emulation of various historical ciphers
Cisco Systems ISAKMP Distribution: A reference implementation of the IETF's ISAKMP protocol.
CRASHME: Random input testing.: Tests resistance of programs to random input.
Crowds Home Page: Anonymous proxying for web browsing.
cryptix: Cryptix Java crypto library.
cryptlib Information: Encryption library supporting a large number of encryption algorithms, digital signatures, key exctange, key certificates, CA functionality, key databases, smart cards, and secure enveloping.
Crypto Kong: PGP-like program using elliptic curve crypto.
Cryptographic Libraries: A comparison: Comparison of various free (and free-world) crypto libraries.
Cryptographic software: Elliptic curve and RSA public-key encryption software.
Cryptographic tools for Visual Basic: Elliptic curve OLE extension for VB.
Cryptography Blowfish Multi-thread: Command-line Blowfish encrypter.
Cryptonite Java Package: Java crypto library.
Cryptoscan: Scanned US crypto publications available outside the US.
CTC - PGP-compatible encryption software: PGP-compatible C library and Mac application.
Delphi crypto software: Various pieces of crypto software written in, and for, Delphi.
DES in VHDL: DES in VHDL, including a Xilinx-optimised version.
Disk/File Wiping Utilities: Programs to wipe files, free disk space, slack space, the Windows swap file.
Emacs Cryptographic Library and Tools: DES, RC4, IDEA, SHA-1, MD5, and others, in elisp.
Enabling Network Security with SSLeay: Security projects based on SSLeay.
Encrypted PDFs: Code to work with encrypted PDF's (intended mainly for use with Ghostscript).
Engineering Research Home Page: P1363 ECC implementation.
Enigma: PGP-compatible plugin written in Java.
Error Correcting Codes (ECC) Home Page: C source code and information on ECC's (the techniques employed are closely related to encryption techniques).
ESP Reference: Encrypted socket protocol (an open protocol for TCP/IP secure transmissions).
FastCAST's Homepage: P5-optimised code for CAST-128/CAST5.
Fortify for Netscape: Free 128-bit SSL browser proxy,
Frank O'Dwyer's Homepage - Security Code: DES in Java, C++ firewall class library.
Fresh Free FiSSH!: Free SSH client for Win'95 and NT.
Fuzzy Logic: Cryptography: The GNU encryption project.
G10 - A Free PGP Replacement: GPL'd PGP clone.
GInt: Bignum library and sample PKC code.
GMD Security Technology - SecuDE: Security toolkit for RSA, DSA, DES, DH, X.509, PKCS, PEM, X.500, and BYOG.
Hamradio page of Thomas M. Sailer, HB9JNX: All sorts of neat stuff for software decoding of various radio signals.
Heimdal: Non-US Kerberos 5 implementation.
IAIK - Javasecurity Homepage: Java cryptography extensions from the free world.
ICE Home Page: The Information Concealment Engine block cipher.
Immunix: Adaptive System Survivability: Automatic protection against stack-smashing attacks.
International PGP Home Page: How to get PGP, documentation, foreign-language support, PGP-related products and services, and other PGP resources.
Internet Locations for Materials on the Disks for Applied Cryptography: Site #1.
IRDU PGP Page: PGP information, software, key management, key server interface, PGP links.
JCSI: Free-world JCE implementation.
JGSS Package Distribution Page: Kerberos in Java.
jSSL - A free Java SSL implementation.: SSL implementation in Java.
Keytrap Home Page: Dcyphers keyboard sniffer.
kha0S Linux - b/c friends don't let friends s[ug]id: Linux with strong crypto built in.
Lance Cottrell Home Page: Mixmaster remailer publications and soure code.
Linux-PAM: Pluggable authentication modules for Linux.
libch's Homepage: P5-optimised code for various hash algorithms.
LiDIA - Main Page: C++ computational number theory library (great for crypto).
LInteger: C++ bignum library.
Linux FreeS/WAN Project: IPSEC, ISAKMP/Oakley and DNSSEC software for Linux.
Linux Packet Sniffer: IP packet sniffer for Linux.
MD5 Message Digest algorithm in Javascript
Microsoft CryptoAPI: Microsoft's attempt at a cryptograhpy API. This page moves a lot, you may need to try a search from MS's developer pages.
MindTerm - A java implementation of SSH: SSH client in Java.
Ming-Ching Tiew Home Page: PGP key manager, PGP netscape plugin, Motif and Win32 file encrypter using cryptlib, cryptlib Java wrappers.
Mozilla Crypto Group: Putting the crypto back into Netscape/Mozilla.
Nautilus Homepage: Speech encryption (with a neat anti-Clipper graphic).
NiftyTelnet: SSH client for the Mac.
Nmap -- Stealth Port Scanner: Stealth scanner using TCP half open scanning, TCP FIN/Xmas/NULL stealth scanning, ftp bounce and IP fragmentation scanning, and OS identification by TCP/IP fingerprinting.
NSBD: Not-So-Bad Distribution: Internet software distribution authenticated with PGP.
Oscar - DSTC's Public Key Infrastructure Project: PKI toolkit.
Package Acme.Crypto: Various Java crypto classes.
Package java.security: Java security package docs.
PC Security Software & Sources: Brief descriptions of various security programs.
PGP, logiciel de cryptographie gratuit et en français (PGP pour les français): French PGP page.
PGP Tools: PGP function library.
PGPLIB: DLL which implements various PGP functions.
PGPNet Server: A dummy home page for the www.pgp.net domain (incomplete).
Photuris Test Server: Photuris session-key management protocol software and test server.
Private Idaho User's Manual: Documentation for Private Idaho.
PPTP-linux: Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol: PPTP for Linux (presumably without all of Microsoft's security holes in it).
PS: (Relatively) secure encryption using 40-bit keys (designed to bypass silly French restrictions).
PuTTY: a free Win32 telnet/ssh client: Telnet/SSH client for Win32.
Qualcomm Australia crypto software: sendmail encryption patch, SOBER stream cipher.
RC4 Stream Cipher Library: RC4 ActiveX control.
Reliable Remailer: cpunk/mix remailer for Windows.
RIPEM: RIPEM source code and information.
RSA Free Utilities: RSA key generation and encryption for Linux.
RSAEURO - Cryptography For The World: European RSAREF providing full source-code compatibility with the original.
SCNSM: Win3.1/95/98 non-swappable memory allocator.
ScramDisk - Free Disk Encryption Software: Win95 disk encryption using 3DES, Blowfish, IDEA, MISTY, Square, and TEA.
Secretz: File encryption using elliptic-curve PKC's and Blowfish.
Secure FileSystem Information: The world's best transparent disk encryption software for DOS and Windows (this has nothing to do with the fact the I'm the author :-).
Secure Logging: Secure logging for Unix and Windows.
Security: File wiping: Links to various file wiping utilities.
Sir Winston Rayburn - Crypto/Politico: Various encryption reoutines.
S/KEY Information: Information on the S/KEY authentication system.
Skygate Technology: Windows NT disk encryption.
SMB Scanner: SMB port/machine scanner.
S/MIME Freeware Library: S/MIME freeware library (export-controlled, US only).
SNOW Home Page: Whitespace steganography software.
spDES Encryption Control: ActiveX DES control.
Speak Freely: Very nice Unix and Windows speech encryption software.
Ssh (Secure Shell) Home Page: Very good encrypted, digital-signature-authentication remote access software (replaces the r* utilities, allows X11 and TCP port redirection over the encrypted connection).
SSH/SCP for Windows: ssh/scp port for Win95/NT.
SSLeay and SSLapps FAQ: Very nice, free SSL implementation (like Netscape's SSL, but without the bugs and crippled encryption).
SRP: Secure Password Authentication for the Net: Secure password-based authentication over insecure networks.
Systemics Software Archive: Crypto extensions for perl and Java.
TC TrustCenter TC_PKCS11: PKCS #11 software-only token implementation.
The Cryptography and PGP Page: Classic ciphers, links to crypto sites, explanations of the maths behind PGP and RSA, privacy issues.
Therapy: SSH client for Win32.
Tiny Encryption Algorithm: Description and C source code.
TinyIDEA - 128-bit File Encryption: 366-byte IDEA file encryption program.
Tom's Privacy Pages: Patching Navigator and Explorer to use strong crypto.
Transparent Cryptographic File System
Tresor Page: Mac file encryption using IDEA, written in the free world.
Trinux: A Linux Security Toolkit: Floppy-bootable Linux network security toolkit.
TSS PGPWord... Real Security, Real Easy: PGP encryption integrated into Word for Windows.
TTSSH: An SSH Extension to Teraterm: SSH DLL add-on for Teraterm.
Uni-GH Siegen - Security-Server - Kryptographie: Pointers to information on and implementations of a number of conventional, public-key, and hash algorithms.
Unix tools on Windows NT?: ssh port to NT via Cygnus gnu-win32.
Vitas DownLoad area: Windows'95 password (.PWL) viewer.
Wei Dai's Crypto++: C++ class library of cryptographic primitives.
WinPGP(tm) Home Page: Windows front-end for PGP.
Wipe 0.02: Heavy-duty file wiper for Linux.
XPDF additions: Add-on to allow XPDF to decrypt encrypted PDF files.

Miscellaneous Security Items

Algorithm benchmarks: Relative speeds of a number of encryption and hash algorithms.
AT&T PathServer: PGP web of trust tracing server.
Bletchley Park Home Page: Visitors guide to Bletchley Park.
Bob Tinsley's Steganography Pages: Steganography papers and ideas.
DigiCrime, Inc.: Online links to digital crime, blackmail services, encryption key cracking, airline rerouting, internet shoplifting, e-cash laundering, alien mind control, etc etc.
GISUM. Information Security: University of Malaga infosec group.
GSM Wizard: GSM-related technical information and secret features of phones. NB: This page repeats the official GSM security info rather than the actual details.
Information on VideoCrypt Hard/Software
JANUS: Anonymity for WWW content providers.
KL7/KWR37 Crypto Units: Descriptions and photos of the KL7 and KWR37.
KuesterLaw Technology Law Resource: Technology and IP law resources.
Matt's Unix Security Page: Unix and Internet security papers, security software, links and miscellaneous items.
Microsoft Security Advisor Program: Microsoft's interpretation of security (see many other links on this page for everyone elses interpretation of Microsoft's security).
NSA Crypto Museum Photos
Payment, Security & Internet References: X9.59 electronic payment-related references.
Prime number verification via ECPP: Bignum prime number verification via a CGI script.
Pseudoprimes/Probable Primes: Papers on primality testing.
Quantum Computation/Cryptography at Los Alamos: Information on quantum computation and cryptography.
RADIOPHONE Top Level: Information on cellular telephony, PCS, and wireless data transfer.
Remailer related Sources: Remailer home pages, remailer techinfo, PGP introduction, PGP keyservers, crypto pages and laws.
S & P Calendar: Calendar of security and crypto conferences.
Securing NIS
Sirene Home Page: Various research projects in computer security.
SourceKey - The Global Source for Key Recovery: GAK/key escrow/trusted third party/whatever centre.
SSL Browser Information: Information on the SSL implementation used by your browser.
Steganography: A paper on steganography.
The Square Page: The Square block cipher and links to implementations.
Toby's Cryptopage: Information and links to historical cryptosystems and encryption machines.
USDS Homepage: Yet another new (and patented) PKC.

Public Key Infrastructure

128i: New Zealand CA.
Analysing State Digital Signature Legislation: Analysis and comparison of various states' digital signature laws.
ARCANVS: CA licensed under the Utah Digital Signature Act.
Australia Post - KeyPOST: Australian CA.
BelSign: Belgium and Luxemburg CA.
BiNARY SuRGEONS: Certification Services: South African CA.
BSI-Projekt Digitale Signatur: Implementation details of the German digital signature law.
C=EE, O=ESTONIAN NATIONAL PCA: Estonian CA.
CA-CERT: Spanish CA.
Carynet Security Certificate Authority: Asian(?) CA.
Center for Standards Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Standardization Home Page: DISA information pages on the Internet PKI.
Certificates Australia: Australian CA. GAK alert: This CA escrows all encryption keys.
Certificates shipped with Netscape: Extracting certs from Netscape's .db files.
Certification Authority Survey (DGXV Project): List of CA's worldwide.
certifikacni stranka DATANETu: Czech DATANET CA.
CERTISIGN: Brazilian CA.
Columbia Certification Authority: Columbia University (not country) CA.
Columbian Draft Proposal of Law on Electronic Commerce: Columbian draft digital signature legislation.
CompuSource Certificate Authorities Home Page: South African CA.
Digital Signature Guidelines: American Bar Association digital signature guidelines, available as WordPerfect and Word documents.
Digital Signature Trust (DST) Home Page: CA licensed under the Utah Digital Signature Act.
Dunkel Certification Authority: German CA.
European Framework for Digital Signatures And Encryption: Proposed EC framework for digital signatures and encryption.
Florida Digital Signatures - Final Report: Final report on the Florida digital signature guidelines.
European ICE-TEL Project: PKI for Europe
Gatekeeper: Australian PKI project.
Global Trust Register: Global trust register for public keys in molecular form.
GlobalSign - Trust On The Net: European CA.
Government Public Key Authority: Australian government PKI project.
GTE CyberTrust Home: GTE CA.
IAIK - ICE-TEL Information Service: Austrian CA.
IBM Registry and World Registry: IBM CA and PKI products.
ICAT Home Page: Japanese CA.
ICE-TEL: Portuguese CA.
ICE-TEL Certification Infrastructure: European CA.
IKS Zertifizierungsinstanz: IKS CA.
Individual Network: IN certification authority.
Installing certificates and root keys in Internet Explorer and IIS: Instructions on installing certificates into MSIE.
Inter Clear - The UK's first Certificate Authority: UK CA.
Introducing SSL and Certificates using SSLeay: Nice introduction to cryptographic techniques, certificates, SSL, and SSLeay.
Internet PCA Registration Authority: IPCA public key.
IPS Seguridad: Spanish CA.
Keyserver.de: Web-based PGP keyserver.
KeyTrust: German KeyTrust CA (part of the MailTrusT initiative).
Keywitness Canada: Canadian CA.
Legislating Market Winners: Paper which examines problems with existing PKI legislation.
MA.US/ITD/LEGAL: Massachusetts digital siganture and online commerce guidelines and information.
MC Home Page: The meta-certificate group (an alternative to X.509/PKIX-type certificates).
Object Identifiers Registry: Large collection of ASN.1 object identifiers.
OCSP++ - An On-line Certificate Status Protocol: Modification of OCSP to provide a more workable system.
OnWatch Service - Public Key & Security Ref.: Bell Sygma CA.
OpenLDAP: Free LDAP server/client (update of UMich software).
OpenPathCA: Siemans CA toolkit.
Payment, Security & Internet References, Lynn Wheeler: Account authority digital signature (AADS) and X9.59 electronic payment standard information.
PGP Keyserver Interface: WWW interface to the PGP keyservers.
PGP Public Key Server: One of several web-based PGP key servers.
PGP Public Key Server for Yashy-hack and PGP-Users: Web interface for PGP key server.
PKAF: Australian PKI initiative.
Politecnico di Torino: ICE-TEL: Italian CA.
Public Key Authentication Framework: Tutorial: A tutorial on PKI.
Public Key Infrastructure: NIST's PKI information page - interoperability guidelines, PKI panels and overviews, PKI documents.
Public-Key Infrastructure (PKIX) home page: Home page of the PKIX working group.
Public-Key Infrastructure Standards: Slides from a talk on PKI standards and work in progress.
Regole tecniche per la formazione [...], anche temporale, dei documenti informatici: Italian digital signature law.
Roger Clarke's PKI Position Statement: PKI position statement including links to papers on the dangers of a PKI becoming a SurveillanceI.
SACA Home Page: South African CA.
SEIS: Secure Electronic Information in Society (SEIS) project in Sweden.
SI-CA: Slovenian CA.
Signet ID Home Page: Australian CA.
Singapore Controller of Certification Authorities: Singapore digital signature and CA legislation.
SIRCA: Securities Industry Association CA.
SISCER: Spanish CA.
SoftForum Certifying Center: Korean CA (all text is in Korean).
SPKI Certificate Documentation: Documentation and links for SPKI certs.
SPKI Requirements: Simple public-key infrastructure requirements.
SSLeay Certificate Cookbook: Cookbook for setting up a simple CA and working with server and client certs.
SSLeay PKCS#12 patch FAQ: Guide to hacking things so Netscape and MSIE will recognise certs generated by other software.
Structured Arts: X.509-related services.
Summary of Digital Signature and Electronic Signature Legislation: McBride Baker & Coles summary of worldwide digital signature legislation.
Swisskey AG: Swiss CA.
TC TrustCenter Certification Authority and Security Provider: German CA.
Telecom Italia Certification Authority: Italian CA (in Italian).
Time-Stamping: Links to information on timestamping research, protocols, papers, and patents.
TradeAuthority: General CA.
UK Academic PCA: UK CA.
UNI-C PCA: Danish CA.
UNINETT Certification Authority - UNISA: Norwegian CA.
United Nations - Electronic Signatures: UN draft articles on electronic signatures.
VeriSign, Inc.: Major worldwide CA.
Verisign CRL's: Verisign's CRL repository.
Verisign Repository: Information on digital ID's and certificates, certificate practices, and FAQ's.
VRK/PRC: Fineid specifications-HST määritykset: Finnish PKI profile (in Finnish)
Weaving a Web of Trust: Trust management on the WWW.
WebVision Developers Corner: CA toolkit and guide ("low-budget CA").
World Wide Wedlin CA: Swedish CA.
X.500 Directory Standard: Links to X.500-related information, standards, and references.
X.500 Registration Authorities: The number of these has doubled recently... a second one has been discovered in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
X.509 Sample Certificates: Various sample certificates including oddball fields and types.
X9F Taxonomy and Glossary - Lynn Wheeler: Definitions of crypto, PKI and financial services-related terms.

Security Agencies and Organizations

Ajax U.S. & International Government Military, Intelligence & Law Enforcement Agency Access: Links to intelligence and law enforcement agencies, defence agencies and laboratories, military and other government agencies.
An interview with the NSA: Description of a job interview with the NSA.
ASSIST: Automated System Security Incident Support Team (US DoD CERT).
AUSCERT - Australian Computer Emergency Response Team: CERT Australia home page.
Biometric Consortium: Biometrics standards, publications, and other information.
Bundesamt fuer Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik: The German version of the NSA.
Canadian Security Forum: Canadian computer security information.
Cerulean Technology - Law Enforcement Links
CESG Home Page: CESG (aka GCHQ) home page (pretty meagre).
CERT Coordination Center: Computer Emergency Response Team home page.
Codes and Codewords: Codes and codewords used in military projects.
Communications Security Establishment Official Page: The Canadian CSE's official web page.
Communications Security Establishment Unofficial Page: The Canadian CSE's unofficial web page, which is much more interesting than the official one.
Computer and Network Security Group: Politecnico de Torino computer and network security group.
Covert Action Quarterly: Articles on covert action and surveillance.
CRIS at WPI: WPI cryptography and information security research lab.
Crypto Drop Box: American Cryptogram Association home page.
CSIS - Main Menu: Canadian Security Intelligence Service.
Cypherpunks Home Page: The cypherpunks archive via HTTP. PGP, remailers, crypto papers, clipper, and pointers to further information.
Cypherpunks Tonga: Cypherpunks Tonga - various cypherpunks projects and work in progress.
DefenseLINK News Overview: US Department of Defence news releases, with an extensive archive of older material.
DoD classified spending for FY 1997: US classified military programs spending for 1997.
Defence Signals Directorate - Information Security Branch: The Australian NSA subsidiary.
GCHQ Homepage: The home page shows satellite SIGINT gear... most appropriate.
Ground Truth: Intelligence and Related Facilities: Spy bases worldwide.
IEEE Cipher Newsletter Archive: Archives of the IEEE cipher newsletter containing a great deal of general news on crypto issues.
IFIP TC11 homepage: IFIP security in information systems technical committee home page.
Info-Sec Super Journal: An online InfoSec journal.
Intelligence and Counter-Intelligence Link Farm: Spying, US intelligence agencies, DoD, air force, navy, army, foreign intelligence agencies, whistleblowers, online intelligence archives, military intelligence, weapons technology transfer, industrial espionage, security companies.
Intelligence Zone: Assorted intelligence-related links and information.
International Association for Cryptologic Research: IACR home page.
L0pht Heavy Industries: Hacking central, and a great source of information on security problems.
Menwith Hill US Spy Base: CND's Menwith Hill page.
NAIS Online Newsletter: National Association of Investigative Specialists newsletter. Information of interest to investigators, video surveillance, search and seizure, privacy techniques, legal issues.
National Computer Security Association
National Counterintelligence (NACIC) Home Page: Information on economic espionage.
National Security Agency High-Performance Computing Projects: Various high-performance computing projects sponsored by the NSA.
National Security Agency: The NSA's home page.
National Security Agency Unofficial Page: The NSA's unofficial home page (much more interesting than the official one).
National Security Archive Home Page: Archives, electronic briefing books, declassified documents, related information.
NSA: America's Fortress of Spies: The Baltimore Sun's six-part series on the NSA.
NIST Computer Security Resource Clearinghouse: NIST computer security resources.
NIST Computer Security Publications: NIST computer security publications.
NZ Intelligence Agencies: NZ Intelligence agencies.
Pine Gap: US spy base in Australia.
Preparing for the 21st Century: GPO appraisal of the US intelligence community
Project on Intelligence Agency Reform: Lots of information on intelligence agencies which their home pages will never tell you.
SAS- und Chiffrierdienst der DDR: Crypto devices used by East Germany.
Secret Kingdom: Various spook agencies in the UK.
Security Resource Net: Intelligence, corporate and computer security, counterterrorism, personal security, legislation, news bulletins, upcoming events.
Seven Locks Software: Security news and information, software, online discussion forums, products and services, calendar of security events, firewalls, viruses, security courses and policies.
SPAWAR Information Systems Security Office Homepage: Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command information.
Wullenweber or CDDA Antennas: Wullenweber antennas as used by the NSA.

Security Books, Journals, and Bibliographies, and miscellaneous short publications

ACM Transactions on Information and System Security: (Just a call for papers at the moment).
Aegean Park Press: Historical books on cryptography, intelligence, military history, and related topics.
An Analysis of Security Incidents on the Internet 1989-1995: PhD thesis analysing 4,300 Internet security incidents.
An Electronic Pearl Harbor? Not Likely: Article debunking various Infowar myths.
An Introduction to Cryptography: Online book on cryptography (only the initial section is complete).
ATDL: US army field manuals, schools, strategies and systems.
Authentication, Key Agreement, and Key Exchange Protocols: Bibliography of key agreement protocols with links to authors and online papers.
Bibliography of Molecular Computation and Splicing Sytems: Bibliography on molecular computing, including attacking encryption systems using molecular computers.
Block Cipher Lounge: List of block ciphers, characteristics, and known attacks.
Block Cipher Lounge - AES: Current state of attacks on AES proposals
Brown Computer Science S/Key access: Information on the S/Key authentication protocol.
CAST Encryption Algorithm: Publications pertaining to the CAST encryption algorithm.
CEE VAR News: Central and East European Secure Systems Strategies (online security journal).
CHACS Publications: Centre for high-assurance computer systems publications.
Charles Blair's Notes on Cryptography: Number theory, public-key encryption, RNG's.
Code Signing for Java Applets: Howto for Java code signing for Netscape and MS products.
Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies: About 1000 CS bibliographies with around 800,000 references.
Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems: Scanned images of Shannon's classic communications security paper from the Bell Systems Technical Journal.
Computer Science Technical Reports Archive Sites: Links to sites which distribute CS tech reports.
Computer Services : Administrator's Pages : NT stuff: Installing a student-proof NT setup.
Computer Virus Handbook: Seven Locks' online virus handbook.
Computer Virus Myths treatise: Comprehensive collection of virus myths, hoaxes, and vendor press releases.
Counterpane Homepage: Bruce Schneier's "Applied Cryptography" information.
Credit Card Transactions: Home Page: Overview of CC terms and mechanisms, including discussion of various online CC processing methods.
cryp.to -- The Cryptographic WWW Server: Various PGP developers list archives.
Crypt Newsletter Homepage: Various reports from the computer underground on hacking, security, viruses, hackers, and related issues.
Crypto Glossary: Terry Ritter's crypto glossary (long).
Cryptography: Good overview of cryptography, digital signatures, certificates, and trust management.
Cryptography and Number Theory for Digital Cash: Introduction to crypto and number theory for digital cash.
Cryptography: some important points for beginners: Crypto FAQ for beginners.
Cryptologia.
Cryptosystems Journal Home Page
CSL Bulletins: NIST Computer Science Laboratory bulletins
CSPP - Reports: Computer Systems Policy Project reports, including several covering encryption and e-commerce.
CuD "Computer Underground E-Publications - Top Level" Archive
Cypherpunks Archive Index: Cypherpunks mailing list archive.
Cypherpunks Archive: Searchable archive of the cypherpunks mailing list.
Cypherpunks HyperArchive: Cypherpunks mailing list archive.
Dabbling in Cryptography: 1970's cryptanalysis of the M-209.
Data Encryption Page: Overview of encryption and encryption algorithms, links to further information.
Data Security by Design: Designing buildings to thwart electronic eavesdropping.
Dave's Crypto Index: Collection of misc.papers and publications on crypto algorithms and implementations.
David Kahn Interviews: Transcripts of interviews with David Kahn
David Wagner's Crypto Posts: General cryptography, cryptanalysis, computer security.
DDJ, December 1998: DDJ issue on computer security including Twofish, Panama, e-commerce protocols, and smart cards.
des-coding List Archive: Archive of the des-coding mailing list.
dp6 and the 7th USENIX security symposium: Writeup and photos from the 7th Usenix security symposium.
e$ Home Page: The e$ mailing list, information on digital cash clearing, digital bearer bonds, financial cryptography, and related topics.
[E-CARM] E-Commerce and Rights Management: E-commerce mailing list and archives.
ECC FAQ: Elliptic curve cryptography FAQ.
ECS 153 Winter 1998, Robust Programming: Tutorial on robust programming.
EIT Creations: Secure HTTP: Information on the SHTTP protocol.
Electronic Surveillance: Large archive of documents on electronic surveillance.
Elliptic Curve Cryptography: Tutorial on elliptic curve crypto.
Elliptic Curves and Cryptology: Elliptic curve bibliography.
Elliptic Curve Tutorials: Tutorial on elliptic-curve crypto.
Encryption News Resource Page: Encryption and security-related news stories.
Enigma and Its Decryption: Details on the Enigma machine and software simulators.
Enigma and the Turing Bombe: Description of the Bombe and bombe simulator.
Enigma bibliography
Entrust Whitepapers: Entrust white papers and tutorials on security, encryption, certification.
EPFL - LSE - Project CrySTINA: Papers and information on the Cryptographically Secured Telecommunications Information Networking Architecture.
Evaluation of Micropayment Schemes: HP tech report evaluating various micropayment schemes.
Finding the Key: Economic Strategy Institute study on crypto markets and policy.
Firewalls mailing list: Firewalls mailing list archives.
Foundations of Cryptography by Oded Goldreich: Fragments of a book (4 of 10 chapters exist).
Frog Encryption Algorithm: Design and source code for the Frog AES submission.
GSM Network Security: Description of GSM network security and encryption considerations.
Hack-Tic Magazine Archive: 1989-1994 Hack-Tic magazine archive (scanned images, in Dutch).
Handbook of Applied Cryptography: Information on the book (well worth getting).
Heise News - Ticker: News ticker which often carries crypto and security-related stories (in German).
Historical Crypto Links: Links to sites containing information on Enigma, Purple, Magic, and other WWII-era crypto.
History of Computer Security: Computer security papers from the 1970's.
History of NSE Home Page: Prehistory of public-key crypto from GCHQ.
How to find security holes: Tutorial on finding (and fixing) Unix programming security holes.
HTTP Security group of W3C: W3C security resources.
IBM Patent Server Home Page: Access to over 2 million US patents, including many crypto and security-related ones
IDEA: A Cipher for Multimedia Architectures?: Paper on a fast MMX implementation of IDEA.
IEEE Computer Security and Privacy: IEEE Computer Society press online catalogue, security and privacy section.
ietf-open-pgp mailing list: PGP standardisation mailing list, RFC's, and archives.
ietf-pgp-mime mailing list: PGP/MIME RFC's and mailing list archives.
ietf-smime mailing list: S/MIME RFC's and mailing list archives.
Index of Crypto Papers Online: Bibliography of online crypto papers.
Info Security News
Information Security Resources: Idaho State Uni security library.
INFOSEC: Homepage: European Commission INFOSEC publication.
Integrity Sciences, Inc. SPEKE password authentication: Authenticated DH key exchange.
interhack publications: Various security-related publications: Firewalls, network security, Skipjack/KEA specs (more readable than the NSA originals).
Internet drafts: Current internet drafts, including many security-related ones (but you really need to know what you're looking for).
Internet Infrastructure Protection - DNS Security: DNS security RFC's and sample code.
Internet Legal Practice Newsletter: Internet-related legal issues (relevant to electronic commerce).
Internet Mail Security Alternatives: Paper exploring and comparing different versions of S/MIME and PGP.
Internet/Network Security - Welcome from The Mining Co.: Crypto/security-related news stories.
Introduction to Crypto Systems: Lecture slides from a seminar by Vinnie Moscaritolo.
Introduction to the Use of Encryption: Introductory overview to encryption systems.
Introduction to Cryptography: Ives Gobaus's easy introduction to cryptography.
Java Security: Frequently Asked Questions: Java security questions and issues.
JIBC - Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce: Electronic commerce, legal issues, EDI, etc.
JILT: Home Page: Journal of Information Law and Technology.
Journal of Craptology Home Page: Crypto journal with papers the others won't print.
JYA Crypto: John Youngs collection of crypto links, mostly covering crypto social issues, laws, espionage, government regulation, and an amazing array of other interesting things.
Keyed MD5: Papers on HMAC's.
Keyserver Bibliothek: Publications on PGP, PGP keys, digital signatures, and crypto politics (most in German).
Kryptologie I - Material: Information and programs for breaking historical ciphers (monoalphabetic and polyalphabetics, transposition ciphers.
Lawries Cryptography Bibliography: Searchable index of over 800 crypto and computer security articles.
Linux Security Home Page.: Linux security information.
LOKI97: The Loki97 block cipher (submitted for the AES).
Mac Crypto - Info: Mac-Crypto conferences and digests.
Mach5 Software Cryptography Archives: Overview of crypto, catalogue of crypto algorithms.
Maksim Otstavnov's HomeWall: Russian publications on encryption, digital finances, e-commerce.
Market Model - DBI Underwriting: A market model for digital bearer instrument underwriting.
Maximal Length LFSR Feedback Terms: Maxmimal length LFSR feedback polynomials.
Micropayments on the Internet: Overview of various micropayment schemes.
Microsoft CryptoAPI mailing list archives.
MISTY - Mitsubishi Electric's Encryption algorithm: Description of MISTY.
NameBase Book Index: Reviews of books on intelligence agencies, high-tech, military, and a potpourri of government agencies, drugs, elites, big business, organized crime, terrorism, US foreign policy, and so on.
NASA Technical Report Server (NTRS): NASA tech reports search engine.
National Information Systems Security Conference Page: Information and proceedings from NISSC conferences from 1996 onwards.
Netscape DevEdge Online: Netscape security-related documentation.
Network Computing: Various articles on encryption from Network Computing magazine.
Network Encryption - history and patents: Patents on network encryption.
Network-1 White Papers: Various white papers on firewall design.
New Zealand Digital Library: Bibliogaphy/tech report/FAQ searchable index.
NSA to NARA OPENDOOR Bibliographic Index: Index of NSA declassified documents.
NSA/X31 Documents: NSA firewall-related documents and firewall performance tests.
NSAM-160: Scanned copy of declassified 1960's memo on NSA public-key encryption research.
NSG Publications: IBM Network Security Group publications.
NT Domain Authentication: NT/CIFS domain authentication specification.
NT Security - Frequently Asked Questions version
NTRU Cryptosystems Home Page: Another new PKC.
On Distributed Communications: Security, Secrecy, and Tamper-free Considerations: 1964 Rand Corporation report on cryptography and security.
OpenBSD Security: OpenBSD security advisories and information.
OSS ASN.1 Resources: ASN.1 whitepapers and resources (ASN.1 is used in various security standards).
Overview of Certification Systems: Comments on various certification and certificate management systems and methods.
Patent Database Access: Search the US patent database for crypto patents.
Permissive Action Links: Technology used to control US nuclear weapons.
PGP 5 Users Guide: Online guide to PGP 5.0
PGP Attack FAQ: List of potential problems in PGP.
PGP Passphrase Survey: Survey of PGP passphrases which also indicates which key sizes people prefer when they have a choice.
PGP Quick Reference: Command reference card for PGP.
PGPfone Mailing List Archive
Phrack Magazine
President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection.: Various US government agencies look at Jobsec^H^H^H^HInfosec.
Prime Page (An Index of Information on Prime Numbers): Everything you need to know about prime numbers.
RIPEMD-160 page: RIPEMD-160 information and implementations.
RSA Labs Frequently Asked Questions: Frequently asked questions about encryption algorithms, techniques, protocols, and services.
RSADSI'S Art Gallery: Cool crypto-related pictures.
S.A.F.E.R. - Security Alert For Enterprise Resources: Free monthly security newsletter.
Safer Net - Kryptografie im Internet: German crypto book with comprehensive coverage of crypto and security protocols.
SATAN-ism: Computer Security Probes Over the Internet - Shrink Wrapped for Your Safety?: Includes a good chronology of hacking and security incidents.
Secret Code Breaker: The Books: Books on breaking various historical ciphers.
Secure Books: Protecting the Distribution of Knowledge: Protecting electronically published medical books, including problems experienced with the X.509 PKI in practice.
Secure Shell (secsh) Charter: ssh working group home page.
Securing Java: Getting Down to Business with Mobile Code: Online book (also available as molecules, 368 pages) on (trying to) secure Java.
Security Handbook: Seven Locks' online security handbook.
Security in Lotus Notes and Internet: Description of Lotus Notes differential workfactor encryption.
Security Issues in WWW: Various WWW security issues.
Security Policy Models: Descriptions of various security models (only partially complete).
Security Protocol Workshop'97: Preprints of papers from the workshop.
Selection of Security/Encryption Bibliographies: Meta-search-engine which allows searching of multiple security-related online bibliographies.
Self-Study Course in Block Cipher Cryptanalysis: The title says it all.
SET Journal: Journal devoted to SET and SET implementations.
SET Protocol: Business Implications and Implementation: A good general overview of the implications of SET.
Shahram (publication): Linear cryptanalysis of DES (MSc thesis), various papers on hash functions.
Shake Security Journal: Online security journal covering various computer security issues.
Short Course in Cryptography: Exactly what the name says.
Scrambling News: Satellite TV scrambling and descrambling methods.
Search Security Bibliography: Retrieve documents from a large archive of crypto/security papers.
Secure Electronic Mail: Overview of secure email and secure email technologies and standards.
Selection of Computer Science Bibliographies: Crypto and security-related bibliographies (conferences, journals, papers, and tech reports).
Signing Applets for Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator: Overview of code signing.
Signing Code with Microsoft Authenticode Technology: Microsofts online code signing docs.
Smith's Internet Cryptography Site: Chapter outline pages include links to crypto-related publications and resources.
SNDSS'96: Symposium on Network and Distributed Systems Security (SNDSS'96) proceedings.
Springer-Verlag New York: Publishers of LNCS (crypto and security conference proceedings).
SSL Pipermail Archive: ssl-talk mailing list archive.
SSL-Talk FAQ: The SSL discussion list FAQ.
Survey: corporate uses of cryptography: Survey of corporate applications of and attitudes towards encryption.
Tasty Bits from the Technology Front: Free technology newsletter which includes coverage of encryption issues.
Technical Papers at Psionic Software Systems Inc.: Covert channels using TCP/IP (including source code).
Technical Report Archives in Computer Science (By Institution): Links to tech report archives at various universities.
Technical Reports Search Service: Search engines for tech reports, theses, conference proceedings and books held at universities worldwide.
Technology and Society Book Reviews: Reviews of books covering technology, privacy, commerce, security, and the law.
The Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies: Large collection of computer-science-related bibliographies, including encryption and security issues.
The PDF Encryption Format
TSI International: Electronic commerce and EDI resources.
UCL Crypto Group - Call for papers: CFP's for conferences, including crypto and security conferences.
UCSTRI -- Cover Page: Unified computer science tech report index.
Underground: Cool book on hacking in Australia.
Understanding X.500 - The Directory: Online guide to X.500 (HTML version of a book on X.500).
United States Navy EKMS WebPage: Key management.systems as used by the US military.
USENIX Conference Proceedings: Includes material from Usenix security conferences and symposiums.
USS Pampanito - ECM Mark II: Electronic Cipher Machine (SIGABA) details.
Verifying Security Protocols Using Isabelle: Various papers on verifying security protocols.
Wim Van Eck: van Eck/TEMPEST eavedropping.
Workshop on Selected Areas in Cryptography (SAC): Proceedings of the SAC conferences (abstracts only before 1996).
Writings in Esoteric Scripts from Qumran: Encryption in the Dead Sea scrolls.

Security People

Links to home pages of cryptographers: Large list of links to cryptographers home pages.
Links to cryptographers: Berkeley list of cryptographers.
Ross Anderson
Mihir Bellare
Steven Bellovin
Eli Biham
Wei Dai
Dorothy Denning
Oded Goldreich
Shafi Goldwasser
Bob Jenkins
Phil Karn
Lars Knudsen
Markus Kuhn
Markus Kuhn: (Another version of the amazing relocatable home page).
Stefan Lucks
Terry Ritter
Ron Rivest
Phil Rogaway
Greg Rose
Ken Shirriff
William Stallings
Doug Stinson
Serge Vaudenay
Boudewijn Visser
Bennet Yee
Yuliang Zheng

Security Problems

$10,000 DES Challenge: RSADSI's encryption-breaking challenge.
Access Key: MS Access password recovery.
ActiveX - Conceptual Security Flaw: Using ActiveX to steal money via fake bank transfers.
AOL-Security Pages: AOL security problems (some fairly scary).
Architectural considerations for cryptanalytic hardware: Breaking RC4, A5, DES, and CDMF with FPGA's.
Archive of Hacked Websites: Various web pages which have been altered by hackers.
Armageddon: Packet sniffing and spoofing.
Back Orifice: Backdoor access to Windows machines which allows them to be controlled from anywhere via the net.
Back Orifice Removal - BORED: Tool to scan for and remove Back Orifice.
Basement Research: SMB session sniffer, NT TCP/IP connection killer.
Bokler's Guide to "CRACKER" Software: Programs to break the "encryption" on a number of DOS and Windows programs.
Buchanan International: Password recovery (apparently they're just a reseller for Access Data).
BugNet: Wintel PC bugs, including occasional security problems and holes.
Bugtraq Archives for July 1995 - present: Security vulnerability archives.
Bugtraq mailing list archives: Security vulnerability archives, 1993-present.
CCC klont D2 Kundenkarte: CCC cloning of GSM SIM's and software SIM emulator (in German).
Cellular Telephone Experimentors Kit: Completely control an OKI900 through a computer (including many neat things you're not supposed to be able to do).
Channel 1 File Library:Unprotects: Unprotects for a large amount of software.
Chaos Computer Club
Computer Crime Reference Index: Organisations, publications, legal resources, security advisories, mailing lists.
Computer Security Information: Information on password cracking, denial-of-service attacks, and NT security holes.
Cookie Jar: Control which web servers can get cookies.
CooL_MoDe's Kewl World: Exploit files for a wide variety of Unix security problems.
Craaack Labs: "We make the things that break the things that you make".
CRAK Software: Password-recovery software for Word, Excel, 123, Quattro Pro, WordPerfect, Quicken, etc.
Crash Netscape: This URL will crash Netscape (and make Windows unusable for Win 3.x) when connected to.
Crashing IE4: Combines the MSIE res security hole and the Pentium F00F bug to lock up any Pentium machine running MSIE.
Crypto & Hacker Linkz: Links to crypto and password-recovery pages.
Cryptography Research - Differential Power Analysis: Powerful noninvasive analysis technique for recovering information (eg encryption keys) from smart cards.
Cybercrime on the Internet: Cyberciminals and cybercrime buzzword buzzword hacking buzzword fnord child pornography buzzword fnord.
Cypherpunks Key Cracking Ring: The cypherpunks attack crippled US export-approved encryption.
Cypherpunks SSL challenge broken: The cypherpunks break crippled US export-approved encryption.
Death by ActiveX: More ActiveX security holes.
Decompilation of Binary Programs - dcc: Decompiler for reverse-engineering 80x86 software.
Defiants Eurosat.com: Pay TV and smart card hacking information.
Déjà Vu All Over Again: BYTE article in plethora of NT security holes.
DES Challenge Coordinated Effort: SolNET RSADSI DES challenge.
DES Challenge Attack: Distributed software attack on DES
Denial-of-Service FAQ: The denial-of-service FAQ.
Device Object Security: Problems with Windows NT device object security.
Digital Signals Monitoring with your scanner: Monitoring trunked radio nets with scanners.
distributed.net - Node Zero: Distributed computing applications (such as encryption breaking).
D.O.E. SysWorks: Links and information on security weaknesses, password recovery, key recovery tools, reverse engineering. Of particular interest is the information on the large number of snake oil crypto programs out there.
Ericsson Unlock Devices: Unlock and generally mess with Ericsson GSM and PCN phones.
ERL PTT: Monitoring Inmarsat: Inmarsat interception using standard commercial gear, with an example of interception of sensitive political information and electronics smuggling to the Iraqi internal security organisation.
Factorization of RSA-130
Forbes ASAP: Hack Attack: Forbes interview with hackers over industrial espionage. NB: Some of this is pure "Let's see how gullible the reporter is" stuff.
Forbes addendum: EMP weapons: Calling Victor von Doom: Debunking some of the more outrageous parts of the Forbes story.
Forbes addendum: The Netly News - EMP Gun: Another writeup on the EMP gun urban legend.
Fravia's page of reverse engineering: Much information on reverse-engineering software.
Fravia's Steganography Starting Page: Stego information, including how to defeat various steganography-based watermarking techniques.
Fun and Games with PGP: Potential PGP weaknesses and problems.
Georgia SoftWorks - Windows NT Password Guard!: NT password grabber.
Greg Miller's Home Page: Crypto, AI, and Networking: Netware-related security problems and issues.
GSM cellphone cloning: The Smartcard Developers Association proves that GSM security isn't nearly as good as the vendors claim.
GSM Cloning: The ISAAC group's page on the GSM security breach.
Hack Watch News: Satellite TV security and insecurities
Hacker's Encyclopedia CDROM: CDROM full of files on every aspect of computer security and how to bypass it.
Hacker's Homepage: Web interface to anonymisers, Internet tracing/lookups, white pages, reverse phone directories, satellite imaging, DNS scanning.
Hacking Novell Netware FAQ
HAM Radio Software: POCSAG decoder for monitoring pager messages.
Hardware Hacks: Hardware hacks, mainly mag.card related.
Hostile Applets Home Page: Various hostile Java applets.
H/P/C/V Utilities: Password crackers, carding, war diallers, key generators, hex editors, links to related sites.
Hyperlink Spoofing: SSL server authentication attack.
ICKiller can be deadly: Warning about ICQ toolz/ICKiller, which installs nasty trojans in your system.
Infilsec - Vulnerabilities: Vulnerabilities database for various OS's.
Inside the Windows 95 Registration Wizard: What the Windows 95 Registration Wizard is *really* doing with your system.
Internet Attacks: A (very complete) taxonomy of Internet attacks.
Internet browser access to your hard drive: How to access your local hard drive with a web browser.
Internet Explorer Expoit #4: IE security hole which allows your logon username and password hash to be grabbed over the net, regardless of firewalls or use of "strong" passwords. 14,000 passwords grabbed so far by this site alone, with no apparent attempt by MS to fix it.
IOPUS Software: Automatic, invisible POP3 / SMTP email sender sender: Secretly monitor and mail files to other machines.
ISS NT Security Library: Links to sites covering NT security issues.
Java Code Engineering: engineer & reverse engineer Java class files: Links to books and articles, disassemblers, decompilers, and deobfuscators.
John the Ripper: Unix password cracker, including MMX version which is 30% faster than the standard one.
K^KakO^B Cracking Tools Page: Password breakers for Trumpet Winsock, Eudora, Win95 screen saver, Netscape mail, Win95 shared items, Pegasus mail.
Key Code Generators: Key and unlock code generators for large amounts of software.
Key Recovery Alliance: Communicate secure in the knowledge that only the US government is listening.
Key Recovery Technologies: How to implement espionage-enabled software.
Key Recovery Utilities and Resources: Key recovery utilities, tutorials, programs (including ones to break Arj, BIOS passwords, Compuserve, Contraband 9G, Crypt-o-Text, Cryptic Writer, CuteFTP, CyberSitter, Encrypt-It, Eudora, MS Access, MS Word, MS Excel, Norton Diskreet, Novell Netware, RAR, 40-bit S/MIME, Stacker, Turbo Encrypto, Wincrypt, Windows NT password, WordPerfect, WS_FTP, and Zip), and resources.
M2mike's Corner of the Web: Information on breaking various security systems used by schools (mostly Win95-related - this is "security" for very small values of security).
Maximum Security: Updates on Internet and Internet software security problems.
MDT Monitor for Windows: Software to decode police mobile data terminal messages.
Microsoft CD Key Authentication Revealed!
Microsoft FrontPage 98 Security Hell: The infinite security holes in FP for Unix.
Microsoft IIS Web Server Security Bugs: Security holes and bugs in Microsofts Internet Information Server.
Microsoft Password Recovery Software: Recover passwords for MS Word, Excel, Access, Money, and VBA projects.
MS Word & Excel security weakness: Recover passwords for all newer versions of Word and Excel.
Mini-FAQ: NT Password Attack & defences: NT password cracking FAQ.
Money Protocols: Things which can go wrong with smart cards.
MOSIACs CSDU: Cellular signal destruction unit (in other words a GSM jammer).
Netbus: Windows backdoor access server.
Netscape Security Problems: Security flaws in Netscape.
Netware/Windows NT/Web Hack FAQ: Security problems in Netware, NT, web servers and browsers.
New Media Laboratories - Crypto: Distributed attack on RC5.
No First Virtual: Security problems with First Virtual.
(Not only) Russian Password Crackers: Good collection of oassword breakers and crackers for a variety of programs.
Nowhere to Run: TEMPEST monitoring.
NSClean information: Clean up various Netscape files which record information on you and your net activity.
NTAccess: Change the Windows NT administrator password.
NT Crack: Very effective NT password cracker.
NT Exploits: Windows NT security holes and exploits.
NT Internals: Not directly security-related, but contains a lot of useful technical information and source code to bypass or upset NT's security controls.
NT offline pw-util, bootdisk: Password change and general system editing utility for NT.
NT Security Home: NT security issues and concerns, security tools.
Nurse your Net Nanny!: How to disable various Internet blockers (and these things are supposed to be childproof!).
OCPP: Various hacker zines.
On the topic of Firewall Testing: mjr on firewall testing and certification.
Palmtop plunder: Breaking into cars using a PalmPilot.
pan1k?: Assorted information on security problems and programs (AOL, Netware, boxing, carding, encryption, password-cracking, virii, satellite TV, text files).
Pandora: Reverse-engineering Novell's directory services (includes Novell password breaker).
Paradox Specs: Decode Paradox tables without knowing the password.
Password Removal Tactics: How to remove/bypass password/"encryption" protection for a variety of software.
Pavel Semjanov's Home Page: Assorted key and password breakers (partially in Russian).
Phrack Magazine Home Page: Security problems, hacking, hacker conferences, general news.
PIC16C84 Security: How to bypass the 16C84 security fuse.
Ping o' Death Page: Problems with remote machines crashing whens sent long ping packets (this affects Unix systems, Macs, Netware, routers, printers, ...).
PIR8 Underground : Home Of KeyGenz: Crackz, Keygenz, and other things ending in z (including cracks for a large number of copy protection schemes like Vbox, SalesAgent, softSENTRY, TimeLock, and many others).
PkCrack - Breaking PkZip-encryption: An implementation of the Biham/Kocher paper (complexity 2^38).
Random Credit Card/Check Card Fraud with Small Charges: Warnig about an online credit card fraud technique.
Read text/HTML file with Internet Explorer: Demo of MSIE bug which allows arbitrary files to be read from your machine.
Reverse Engineering the LEGO RCX: Tutorial on reverse-engineering a microcontroller.
RISKS Forum Archives: Archives of the ACM forum on risks to the public in computers and related systems (use the arrow icons to move to other risks volumes).
Risks Of "Key Recovery," "Key Escrow," And "Trusted Third-Party" Encryption: Report on GAK risks by noted cryptographers.
rootshell.com: Searchable archive of Windows and Unix security problems.
RSA Challenge '97--Break the Key: RSA encryption-breaking challenge (40 bits in 3.5 hours, 48 bits in 13 days).
Satellite Code Network: Network of ~300 sites devoted to satellite TV hacking and related topics (eg smart cards, decoders, smart card programming).
SatHack HomePage: Satellite TV hacking, cards, software, programmers, and codes.
School Security Flaws: Collection of typical security problems and holes in school computers.
Scott Schnoll's Unofficial Microsoft Internet Explorer Security FAQ: Bugs and design flaws in MS Internet Explorer.
Sécurité & Piratage: French security page with information on security problems, backdoors, and patches.
Security Survey of Key Internet Hosts: Security survey which found that two thirds of the WWW hosts checked had security problems.
SecurID Weaknesses: Paper on potential weaknesses in SecurID.
Sekcia bugs: Large collection of security bugs in most major OS's.
Shutdown Windows: Shut down Windows 95/98 from Java. So much for the sandbox.
S/MIME Screen Saver: Screen saver which breaks 40-bit S/MIME encryption.
Snake Oil FAQ: Snake oil warning signs - encryption software to avoid.
Snoopie, a TCP login tracer for DOS-machines: TCP/IP login tracer which sniffs logins for FTP, telnet, POP3 connections.
SSL implementation bugs: List of known SSL implemetation bugs.
Stack Smashing Security Vulnerabilities: Resources related to stack-overwriting security holes.
Stealth Keyboard Interceptor: Completely invisible interceptor which logs keystrokes, URL's, executed, dates, times, mouse click events, etc, with optional encryption.
StealthLogger official homepage: Windows 95 and NT keystroke logger.
Supplementary Analysis of the Royal Holloway Key Escrow Scheme: More weaknesses in Euro-Clipper.
swaptec: Broadcast everything in your home all over the neighbourhood, secured with 40-bit crypto.
The BioArchive: Novell Netware, cellular phone, and other security problems.
The Codebreakers: Assorted virii, including a PGP keyfile-stealing virus.
The Hacker's Choice - Official HomePage: THC home page.
T H E · L E G A C Y: Hacking/phreaking information and links. Load this one with Java disabled.
The Sanctuary: Satellite TV hacking info: D2Mac, Eurocrypt, Videocrypt, Multimac, etc.
"The Stalker's Home Page": What others can find out about you using online search engines.
The TEMPEST Information page: Much information on TEMPEST eavesdropping and its prevention.
Threats to your security on the Internet: Information on various NT trojans (Back Orifice, Netbus, etc).
Tools!: Crackers for MS Office, Excel, Word Perfect, Word, Pkzip, and other programs.
Underground Railroad: Filez! Warez! D00D!
unix / net / hack page: Unix security problems, software, documentation, RFC's.
Unofficial Microsoft Internet Explorer Security FAQ: Security (hole) FAQ for MSIE.
VBA Key: VBA password recovery (allows viewing of VBA source code).
Vulnerability Database: Database of common security vulnerabilities in RPC's, sendmail, firewalls, and various other categories.
Weaknesses in Euro-Clipper: Various weaknesses in the Royal Holloway "trusted third party" ley escrow scheme.
Web Pages we’d like to see:: (This one's good enough to deserve its own reference).
Whitehats.com Internet Security Good Guys: Unix security advisories and updates.
Why I Don't Like Microsoft's FrontPage Web Authoring Tool: Long list of gaping security holes in FrontPage for Unix.
Why You Need ACG: Grabbing car alarm codes.
Windows 95 *.PWL Cracks: Security problems with Windows'95 (and Win3.x) password files.
Windows 95 and MSIE Security Hole: Security hole which allows your Win'95 password to be obtained from anywhere on the net.
Windows NT Password Cracker
Windows NT Password Recovery Service: Recover passwords for Windows NT servers, domain controllers, and workstations.
Windows NT Security Administrator: Windows NT security problems and solutions.
Windows NT Security Issues: Windows NT security issues.
Winternals Software: Edit NT partitions, change the password for any account (including administrator).
WinXFiles Reversing: Reverse-engineering and breaking WinXFiles "encryption".
www.lostpassword.com - Home: Password-recovery software for MS Office, Outlook, Schedule, VBA, Access, and Money.

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Security Standards, Laws, and Guidelines

A Guide to Understanding Data Remanence in Automated Information Systems
ACSI 33: Security guidelines for Australian government IT systems (typical unclassified-level security guidelines).
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Development Effort: NIST's AES home page.
An Analysis of PGP's Trust Model
ATM Security Page: Asynchronous Transfer Mode security standards, products, publications, and work in progress.
Außenhandelsgesetz - Dual Use Güter: Austrian (EU-derived) export restrictions.
Australian Controls on the export of Defence and Strategic Goods
Australia's Legal Framework for Electronic Commerce: Australian government work on establishing a legal framework for e-commerce.
Banking technology resource home page: Links to info on ATM's, crypto, standards, publications.
Biometric Application Programming Interface (BAPI): Biometric API documentation and information.
Canadian Cryptography: Canadian government position and information on cryptography.
CAVE encryption algorithm: The (deliberately crippled) US cellular phone "encryption" algorithm.
CDSA - Common Data Security Architecture: CDSA specs from the OpenGroup.
Cloud Cover: GCHQ's GAK PKI.
Commerce At Light Speed-EDI: Various links to EDI/EDIFACT information.
Commercial Encryption Export Controls: ITAR (under new management).
Common Data Security Architecture: Intel's proposed API for adding an encryption/authentication layer to Windows systems.
Computer seizure guidelines: US federal guidelines for searching and siezing computers.
Computer Security Objects Register: NIST security-related object identifier registry.
Cryptographic Standards Library: FIPS 140-1, 46-2, 74, 81, 171, 180, DOD 5200.28-STD (TCSEC), 5220.22-M, NCSC-TG-25.
Cryptographic Standards Validation Programs at NIST: Validation information and suites for DES, Skipjack, DSA, and crypto modules.
CSP Designators: Crypto designators for WWII-era and early postwar comsec gear.
DAP Malaysia National Homepage: Malaysian computer crimes, digital signature, and telemedecine bills.
DCE Security: DCE security specs and literature, DCE security program group and research efforts.
Derived Test Requirements for FIPS 140-1: Requirements for FIPS 140-1 compliance testing.
Digital Signature Guidelines: ABA Digital Signature Guidelines
Draft UNCITRAL: Draft UN law on electronic commerce.
Digital Signature Standard Validation System (DSSVS) User's Guide: Validation suite for DSA and SHA.
DTI - Strategic Export Controls: DTI report on tightening export controls further to provide the illision of stopping all crypto getting out.
Electronic commerce: Commission proposes electronic signatures Directive: EU digital signature directive.
Export Administration Regulations (EAR): Latest version of the ITAR (which became the DTR, and now the EAR).
ECMA Standards (Blue cover)
EDI Security: An overview of EDI security.
EDIFACT Security Implementation Guidelines: EDIFACT security... dear oh dear.
Electronic Commerce: A Guide for the Business and Legal Community: NZ Law Commision report on e-commerce.
Electronic Commerce, EDI, EDIFACT and Security: Internet electronic commerce security (PEM, PGP, SHTTP, S/MIME, SET, SSL, etc), EDI security (X.12, EWOS), EDIFACT security, other EDI and EDIFACT standards.
EMV sets standards for global integration of Chip cards: Standards for smart cards. smart card terminals, and applications.
ETSI Publications: All ETSI standards documents available online for free.
ETSI TC SEC Homepage: ETSI technical committee on security home page.
Excerpts from the Export Control List of Canada: The sections which apply to crypto software/hardware.
Extended Log File Format: WWW common logfile format.
Extensions to PGP Key Format: Extensions to the PGP key format for PGP 5.
FIPS Home Page: Federal Information Processing Standards (including many crypto standards).
German Digital Signature Law: Draft of the law with related press releases and information.
GSM Security and Encryption: Overview of GSM security and encryption.
HA-API: Human Authentication API (biometrics AP).
IEEE P1363: RSA, Diffie-Hellman, elliptic curve, and related public-key cryptography (P1363)
IETF RFC Index: RFC's indexed in various ways.
Information about IDEA cipher: Details on the design and development of IDEA.
Information Technology Security Branch: RCMP IT security bulletins and information.
International Wassenaar Crypto Campaign: EFA-coordinated Wassenaar crypto campaign.
Internet drafts: RFC drafts.
Internet Mail Standards: Including S/MIME, PGP/MIME, MSP security in MIME, simple authentication and security layer (SASL), and mail ubiquitous security extensions (MUSE).
IESS Specs: Intelsat specs - roll your own Echelon.
IP Security Protocol (ipsec) Charter: IPSEC drafts and RFC's.
IP Security Working Group News: IPSEC specifications, drafts, related drafts, mailing list archives, and implementations.
ISAKMP and Oakley Information: Internet security association and key management protocol information.
ISO SC27 Standing Document 7: Abstracts for various ISO security standards.
ISO Standards: X.400, 500, 600, 700, 800. Get 'em quick before the ISO forces them offline.
ISO-IEC-9594: X.500 standards (including X.509) as Postscript files.
IT Baseline Protection Manual: BSI (German NSA) infosec manual.
ITU series X Recommendations - Data networks and open system communication: This includes X.400 and X.500 security-related standards. Note that you can get a lot of these free elsewhere if you know where to look (check some of the links on this page).
Maßnahmenkataloge zum Gesetz zur digitalen Signatur: BSI guidelines for implementing the German digital signature law (algorithms, protocols, and services).
MEDSEC: EU medical security and privacy project.
Microsoft Security Technologies: Authenticode, CryptoAPI, SSL and PCT, SET.
MISSI v1.0 Architecture Documents: MISSI/MSP/SDNS/MSP+MIME specifications.
Netscape Certificate Extensions Specification: Netscapes private extensions to X.509.
NIST Computer Security Standards: FIPS and NIST special publications
NIST's DES Validation List: List of NIST-validated DES implementations.
NOT the Orange Book: Far more readable (and therefore useful) form of the Orange Book and other bits of the rainbow.
Novell Certificate Extension Attributes: Novell's X.509v3 certificate extensions.
NT Security - Frequently Asked Questions
OECD Draft Guidelines fpr Cryptography Policy: Leaked copies of the OECD crypto guidelines.
OECD guidelines comments: Stewart Bakers comments on the creation of the OECD crypto guidelines.
OID assignments from the top node: Play the ASN.1 object identifier game! See if you can find an OID for the algorithm you're looking for (and if not, invent your own). Win magnificant prizes, etc etc.
OII - Electronic Data Interchange Standards: Links to various EDI standards.
Open Systems Environment Implementors Workshop: You may be able to find bits and pieces of X.500 (including X.509) information here which are a lot more up to date than the ISO/ITU ones.
PKCS: RSADSI Public Key Cryptography Standards.
Public Key Infrastructure References: Public-key infrastructures (X.509, X-509-related, RFC's, other documents).
Rainbow Books: The DoD rainbow books and other security publications.
Rainbow Series Library: DOD Rainbow books as text, PDF, or Postscript.
RFCs about Security: Security RFC's sorted by title (also available sorted by number and author(s)).
Secure HTTP Information: S-HTTP specs and information.
Security Algorithms & Codes: ETSI security algorithms and codes. Most require NDA's (the usual telecom industry security through obscurity practice).
Security & Electronic Commerce: X/Open security, DCE, and GCS-API.
Security- and Privacy-Related Standards: A list of (mainly ANSI) security-related standards.
Security Guidelines: Australia/NZ GOSIP security guidelines.
Security Multiparts for MIME: Various security extensions for MIME.
Security Standards: Catalogue of international security-related standards and standards organisations.
Security Technologies: Microsofts security standardisation efforts.
SET (Secure Electronic Transactions): SET message definitions.
SET Electronic Commerce: SET standards, and updates.
Signature Directive Consultation: Comments on proposed EU digital signature directive.
SKIPJACK and KEA Algorithms: Specifications for Skipjack and KEA from Clipper.
Skipjack: KEA Errata: Errata for KEA test vectors in original spec.
Software Industry Issues: Digital Signatures: Links to various digital signature law initiatives.
Source Code Review Guidelines: General guidelines for writing security-conscious code.
Speech Recognition API (SRAPI) Home Page: Speech recognition/speaker verification AP.
SSL 3.0 Specification: SSL 3.0 spec (online version and as a PS file.
TACACS+ FAQ: Cisco's TACACS+ FAQ.
Technical Advisory Committee to Develop a Federal Infomation Processing Standard for the Federal Key Management Infrastructure: US attempt at a GAK standard. One-sentence summary of the results: "We have no idea how to make this thing work".
Technical Security Standard for Information Technology (TSSIT): RCMP security standard.
Teletrust Algorithmenbeschreibung: Teletrust security architecture algorithms specification.
Teletrust Deutschland e.V.: Industry group/standards body formed to support security and authentication in communications. Page requires Java to be enabled to work.
The Wassenaar agreement.: The successor to COCOM, which restricts movements of dangerous technology such as biological, nuclear, and chemical weapons, missiles, artillery, and encryption software.
TNO-FEL: Common Criteria: Common security evaluation criteria.
Transport Layer Security (TLS) Working Group: Home page of the TLS WG.
UNCITRAL Home Page: UN Commission on International Trade Law home page (includes UNCITRAL draft e-commerce law).
Unix secure source code checklist: AusCERT checklist for programmers writing security-conscious Unix code.
USAF E-Pubs: Communications and Information: US Air Force documents including ones on security and encryption.
WA-LIST (98): 1998 Wassenaar (more correctly US State Department) control lists as Word and PDF files.
WA-LIST (98) / HTML: As above but translated into HTML
Wassenaar an der Donau: Article about the Wassenaar Secretariat in Vienna.
Wassenaar Arrangement: The Wassenaar Arrangement as obtained from leaks or freedom-of-information lawsuits.
Wassenaar Arrangement - US control lists: The Wassenaar control lists as crowbarred from the US State Department by an FOIA request.
Wassenaar Arrangement: The final solution to the crypto problem.
What is DMS?: The Defense Messaging System - like X.400 and X.500, but not as simple.
Windows Cryptosystem Guidelines: Security guidelines for encryption under Windows.
WWW-Security Reference page: Internet standards bodies, HTTP security proposals, IETF working groups, Internet standards, mailing lists.
X9 Home Page: ANSI X.9 standards (including crypto standards).

Security and Encryption-related Resources and Links / Peter Gutmann / pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz

Encryption and Security-related Resources

Crypto Link Farms

Crypto FTP Archives

Crypto Social Issues

Crypto Software

Miscellaneous Security Items

Random Numbers

Public Key Infrastructure

Security Agencies and Organizations

Security Books, Journals, and Bibliographies, and miscellaneous short publications

Security People

Security Problems

Security Products

Access Control

Data Encryption

Interception and Monitoring

Investigative Tools

Misc

Online Commerce and Banking

Smart Cards

Snake Oil

Security Standards, Laws, and Guidelines