This afternoon try to read as many
of these papers as possible and discuss
them as a team. Write down any concepts that you are unfamiliar with and
we will discuss them tomorrow. Try to find the answers to as many of your
questions as possible on the Internet.
Read: http://www.articsoft.com/wp_explaining_encryption.htm
Browse through: http://www.cryptographyworld.com/
Read: http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/security/pkin/contents.htm
Read: http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1181
Read: http://www.hermetic.ch/crypto/intro.htm
Look through: http://www.utm.edu/research/primes/prove/index.html
Tomorrow we will begin discussing
the specific algorithms and the math
behind them.