Cryptography – Acronyms

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The following acronyms and abbreviations are used in computer  cryptography:

CMS Configuration Management System

CSP Critical Security Parameter

DPA Differential Power Analysis

EDC Error Detection Code

EFP Environmental Failure Protection

EFT Environmental Failure Testing

EME Electromagnetic Emanation

ESD Electrostatic Discharge

FIPS Federal Information Processing Standard

FSM Finite State Model

HDL Hardware Description Language

HMAC Hash-Based Message Authentication Code

IC Integrated Circuit

IV Initialization Vector

KAT Known Answer Test

MSI Module Software Interface

NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology

PSP Public Security Parameters

RBG Random Bit Generator

SPA Simple Power Analysis

SSP Sensitive Security Parameter

TA Timing Analysis

URL Uniform Resource Locator



4 Responses to “Cryptography – Acronyms”

1. Ryan says:

   What references can I start with to learn cryptology ?
2. Daniel says:

   Cryptography for Dummies by Chey Cobb
   Introduction to Modern Cryptography: Principles and Protocols by Jonathan Katz and Yehuda Lindell
   The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography by Simon Singh
3. Robert says:

   What is a brute-force search ?
4. admin says:

   If f(x) = y and you know y and can compute f, you can find x by trying every possible x.

   Let’s say you find a ciphertext and the corresponding plaintext, but you don’t know the key.
   You can try encrypting the plaintext using each possible key, until the ciphertext matches, or decrypting the ciphertext to match the plaintext, whichever is faster.
5. Ken says:

   interesting post
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