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Demystifying Cryptography with OpenSSL 3.0

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Product type Book
Published in Oct 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800560345
Pages 342 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Alexei Khlebnikov Alexei Khlebnikov
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Alexei Khlebnikov has more than 20 years of professional experience in IT, where he worked in different roles - software developer, system administrator, DevOps engineer, technical leader, architect and project manager. During those years Alexei worked with many technologies - Security, Artificial Intelligence, Web Development, Embedded, Mobile, and Robotics. Among other companies, Alexei worked in Opera Software on the famous Opera Internet browser. Alexei has always been interested in security. He was one of the maintainers of security-related Opera browser modules, responsible for cryptography, SSL/TLS and integration with OpenSSL. He was also a member of the Security Architects group, responsible for the security of the Opera browser. Now Alexei lives in Oslo, Norway, and works as a senior consultant for Bespoke AS. He is also the leader of the Architects group at his current employer.
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Preface 1. Part 1: Introduction
2. Chapter 1: OpenSSL and Other SSL/TLS Libraries 3. Part 2: Symmetric Cryptography
4. Chapter 2: Symmetric Encryption and Decryption 5. Chapter 3: Message Digests 6. Chapter 4: MAC and HMAC 7. Chapter 5: Derivation of an Encryption Key from a Password 8. Part 3: Asymmetric Cryptography and Certificates
9. Chapter 6: Asymmetric Encryption and Decryption 10. Chapter 7: Digital Signatures and Their Verification 11. Chapter 8: X.509 Certificates and PKI 12. Part 4: TLS Connections and Secure Communication
13. Chapter 9: Establishing TLS Connections and Sending Data over Them 14. Chapter 10: Using X.509 Certificates in TLS 15. Chapter 11: Special Usages of TLS 16. Part 5: Running a Mini-CA
17. Chapter 12: Running a Mini-CA 18. Index 19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Understanding symmetric encryption

Symmetric encryption is used for encrypting data with an encryption key. Note that an encryption key is not the same as a password, but an encryption key can be derived from a password. How to do so will be explained in a Chapter 5, Derivation of an Encryption Key from a Password.

Symmetric encryption is called symmetric because the same key is used both for encryption and decryption operations. There is also asymmetric encryption, where different keys (public and private) are used for encryption and decryption. Asymmetric encryption will be covered in Chapter 6, Asymmetric Encryption and Decryption.

In order to symmetrically encrypt something, you have to use a symmetric encryption algorithm. This kind of algorithm is also called a cipher. It is worth noting the term cipher has a broad meaning and can refer to any encryption or encryption-related algorithm, including algorithms for symmetric and asymmetric encryption, message digests, and even...

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Profile icon Alexei Khlebnikov
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Alexei Khlebnikov has more than 20 years of professional experience in IT, where he worked in different roles - software developer, system administrator, DevOps engineer, technical leader, architect and project manager. During those years Alexei worked with many technologies - Security, Artificial Intelligence, Web Development, Embedded, Mobile, and Robotics. Among other companies, Alexei worked in Opera Software on the famous Opera Internet browser. Alexei has always been interested in security. He was one of the maintainers of security-related Opera browser modules, responsible for cryptography, SSL/TLS and integration with OpenSSL. He was also a member of the Security Architects group, responsible for the security of the Opera browser. Now Alexei lives in Oslo, Norway, and works as a senior consultant for Bespoke AS. He is also the leader of the Architects group at his current employer.
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