There are many aspects to security and many applications. One essential aspect for secure communications is that of cryptography. But it is important to note that while cryptography is necessary for secure communications, it is not by itself sufficient. There are some specific security requirements for cryptography, including Authentication, Privacy/confidentiality, and Integrity Non-repudiation. The three types of algorithms are described:
(i) Secret Key Cryptography (SKC): Uses a single key for both encryption and decryption.
(ii)Public Key Cryptography (PKC): Uses one key for encryption and another for decryption.
(iii)Hash Functions: Uses mathematical transformation to irreversibly "encrypt" information.
Steganography is the other technique for secured communication. It encompasses methods of transmitting a secret message through innocuous cover carriers
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If the encrypted data is been delivered to unauthenticated user than he/she cannot decrypt it unless, they have the key which was used for encryption.
3. TOP 5 CHALLENGES
This section includes the top most challenges that we have faced during our project work.
• The secret key can reach up to innumerable proportions.
If a data is to be send to many people and if there is a separate key for an individual then it will be tedious work to generate those many number of keys and a difficult task to remember the key for each and every individual.
• Hard for computers to track large keys.
If any user generates very large keys for security then, it will be really difficult for the computer to track such key in next phase when the user needs it again. Also on receiver it becomes a difficult task for computer to track and implement such large keys.
• How to users can agree upon same key?
It is necessary that both users have to use the same key and even agree on using the same key. Also it must be taken care that same key is not been used by some other
PKC is the enabling technology for all Internet security and the increasing use of digital signatures, which are replacing traditional signatures in many contexts. However, RSA is better than PKC because RSA doesn’t need digital signature. As a result, the RSA algorithm turned out to be a perfect fit for the implementation of a practical public security system. In 1977, Martin Gardner first introduced the RSA system. After 5 years, company RSA used secure electronic security products. Nowadays many credit companies of all over the world use the RSA system or a similar system based on the RSA system.
At the first thought of steganography what is the first thing that pops into you mind? For me I would have to stay the court steganography. It is really the only way I heard steganography mention before, but after research I came to the realization that court steganography is just one part of the various types of steganography that there are. Steganography is the art of covered or hidden writing. The purpose of steganography is covert communication to hide a message from a third party (Gary). Going all the way back to the caveman error steganography exited. There form of usage were painting on the wall that they used to communicate with each other. Some were simpler than others to understand others are still being coded as I write on this
Data encryption refers to the process of transforming electronic information into a scrambled form that can only be read by someone who knows how to translate the code. In nowadays business world, it’s the easiest and most practical way to secure the information that we stored and processed, and it’s significant for our sensitive information. For example, as electronic commerce is popular now, the vendors and retailers must protect the customers’ personal information from hackers or competitors. They also have many business files or contracts that need to be strictly protected. Without data encryption, these important information may fall into wrong hands and be misused by others. Besides, data encryption may be used to secure sensitive information that exists on company networks, or create digital signatures, and help to authorize in business. No one should underestimate the importance of encryption. A little mistake in encryption may make sensitive information revealing, or even result in illegal and criminal accuse.
Codes have been around for centuries ranging from wax, invisible ink, Morse code, the Enigma used by the Germans during World War II and now steganographic. Steganography is the latest form to insidiously hide information over the Internet without a trace of a file being altered. You are able to hide messages within images, voice or music. Steganography is an ancient method of hiding messages. Today messages are hidden in images and music. Steganography can be traced back to the ancient Greek who would write messages on tablets and cover them in wax. This made the tablets look blank and unsuspicious (Kolata, F4). Citizens of ancient civilizations would tattoo messages on their shaved heads. They would then let their hair grown in and travel across enemy lines to deliver the message (Seper, G1). During World War II the Allies placed a ban on flower deliveries with dates, crossword puzzles and even report cards (Kolata, F4) for fear of a message being hidden with in. Steganographers first alter their data by using encryption and then place the image into a pre-select image. Steganographers look for a piece of code that would be the least significant and look the least altered to the human eye (Kolata, F4), being as inconspicuousness and random as possible. This makes the messages undetectable unless you knew that there is a message hidden and you were able to crack the code.
One of the largest parts of commerce is transaction. Transactions are needed anytime two parties exchange money or information. Since the Information Age has begun, transactions are more common over the Internet, where it is more imperative that transactions are secure (Klein x). Corporations have also become more widespread, which means that cryptography is needed to secu...
Steganography is basically made from two greek words steganos and grapter.steganos means covered and grapter means writing so steganography means “covered writing”.steganography is writing the secret message.The goal of steganography is to hide the text by installed messages in objects such as digital images, audio,video or text files.The other area of steganography is a copyright marking where the message is inserted to copyright over a document. steganography and watermarking portray routines to insert data straightforwardly into a bearer signal. Data stowing away in sound signs is increasing boundless significance for secure correspondence of data, for example, clandestine front line and managing an account exchanges by means of open sound
Greek words “stegos” means “cover” and “grafia ”means writing” defining it as “covered writing”. Steganography is the method through which existence of the secret message can be kept secret. This is achieved by hiding secret message behind another media such as image, audio and video. In image steganography, the message is hidden behind an image. The image into which a message is hidden is called a cover image and the result is stego-image. Two important properties that should be considered while designing a steganographic algorithm are undetectability and embedding capacity. The stego-image must be undetectable and it should embed more data. Steganography has various applications. It can be used in military, commercial and anti-criminal applications, transmission of confidential documents between international governments, e-commerce, media, database systems , digital watermarking etc.
The Kwikset smart locking system, allows users to create and share a maximum of twenty five 25 eKeys. There are different kinds of keys for differs, there is one for the owner, admin, scheduled, anytime and guests.
The internet allows people to communicate sensitive information, and if received in the wrong hands can cause many problems for that person. Cryptography is the study or science of techniques of secret writing and message hiding. Cryptography constitutes any method in which someone attempts to hide a message, or the meaning, in some medium. One specific element of cryptography is encryption, which hides the data or information by transforming it into undecipherable code. Encryption uses a specified key to perform the data transformation.
ABSTRACT : This paper describes the basic threats to the network security and the basic issues of interest in designing a secure network. it describes the important aspects of network security. A secure network is one which is free of unauthorized entries and hackers. INTRODUCTION
The nation has become dependent on technology, furthermore, cyberspace. It’s encompassed in everything we deliver in our daily lives, our phones, internet, communication, purchases, entertainment, flying airplane, launching missiles, operating nuclear plants, and implicitly, our protection. The more ever-growing technology empower Americans, the more they become prey to cyber threats. The United States Executive Office of the President stated, “The President identified cybersecurity as one of the top priorities of his administration in doing so, directed a 60-day review to assess polices.” (United States Executive Office of the President, 2009, p.2). Furthermore, critical infrastructure, our network, and internet alike are identified as national assets upon which the administration will orchestrate integrated cybersecurity policies without infringing upon and protecting privacy. While protecting our infrastructure, personal privacy, and civil liberties, we have to keep in mind the private sector owns and operates the majority of our critical and digital infrastructure.
In this era when the Internet provides essential communication between tens of millions of people and is being increasingly used as a tool for security becomes a tremendously important issue to deal with, So it is important to deal with it. There are many aspects to security and many applications, ranging from secure commerce and payments to private communications and protecting passwords. One essential aspect for secure communications is that of cryptography. But it is important to note that while cryptography is necessary for secure communications, it is not by itself sufficient. Cryptography is the science of writing in secret code and is an ancient art; In the old age people use to send encoded message which can be understand by the receiver only who know the symbolic and relative meaning of that encoded message .The first documented use of cryptography in writing dates back to circa 1900 B.C. Egyptian scribe used non-standard hieroglyphs in an inscription. After writing was invented cryptography appeared spontaneously with applications ranging from diplomatic missives to war-time battle plans. It is no surprise, then, that new forms of cryptography came soon after the widespread development of computer communications. In telecommunications and data cryptography is necessary when communicating in any untrusted medium, which includes any network, particularly the Internet [1].Within the context of any application-to-application communication, there are some security requirements, including:
This paper is going to discuss wireless security from a broad view where I will go into why exactly wireless security is so important especially today as the ways in which we are communicating is changing dramatically. From there I will discuss the multiple wireless securities that are available to give a better understanding of the options given. Then I will go into why exactly not protecting your wireless can be so dangerous with some descriptions on the most dangerous wireless attacks out there today. Finally I will then discuss how we can better prepare for these types of attacks with a synopsis on several effective security methods that will help to ensure data is securely passed and kept hidden.
Privacy exist wherever personal information or other sensitive information is collected, stored, used, and finally destroyed or deleted – in digital form or otherwise. The challenge of data privacy is to use data while safe-guarding individual's privacy preferences and their personally identifiable information. The fields of computer security, data security, and information security design and utilize software, hardware, and human resources to address this issue.
Cryptography provide many thing for the everyday person such as authentication, time stamping, electronic banking and secure network communication. Authentication is a very important application of public key encryption. According to Simpson authentication ensures the message is from a certain person. Ensuring a message is from who it is said to be from is important in making sure information is passed along to the correct people. As well as ensuring