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Data Security and Cryptology, V
Traditional (Pre-Computer) Cryptography
Data Security and Cryptology, V
Traditional (Pre-Computer) Cryptography
October 1st, 2014
Valdo Praust
Lecture Course in Estonian IT CollegeAutumn 2014
October 1st, 2014
Valdo Praust
Lecture Course in Estonian IT CollegeAutumn 2014
Standard Model of Security Harming1. Threats (ohud) influence the data (via IT assets)
2. Threats use the vulnerabilities (nõrkused, turvaaugud) of IT assets or components of IT system
3. Threats with co-influence the vulnerabilites will determine the risk or security risk (risk, turvarisk)
4. When a certain risk realises, there will appear a security loss or security breach or security incident (turvakadu, turvarike, turvaintsident)
5. In order to minimize the risks there’s necessary to minimise vulnerabilities using safeguards of security measures (turvameetmeid)
Economical View of Data Security
Essence of Risk Management
• risk of availability loss, risk of integrity loss and risk of confidentiality loss must all be taken into account
• typically these acceptable risks are determined by the business process and given to IT specialists (IT security specialists) as existing values
Main goal of risk management: to implement exactly such a set of safeguards, which lead a security risk (the significance of theats + and its realising probability through vulnerabilities) to the level of the accepted residual risk
Main goal of risk management: to implement exactly such a set of safeguards, which lead a security risk (the significance of theats + and its realising probability through vulnerabilities) to the level of the accepted residual risk
Main Alternatives of Risk Management
1. Detailed risk analysis (detailne riskianalüüs). An ideal case
2. Baseline approach (etalonturve metoodika). A convenient way in a lot of practical cases
3. Mixed approach (segametoodika). Takes the best elements from both baseline and detailed risk analysis combining them
4. Informal approach (mitteformaalne metoodika). A real practical alternative to systematic (formal) approaches
Detailed Risk Analysis
2. Founding areas where it’s necessary to reduce the residual risk
3. Implementing appropriate safeguards in these areas
4. Finding new residual risks with the comparing them to accepted residual risk
5. Repeating the above-mentioned procedure until we fit to the accepted residual risk limits
1. Residual risk evaluating with the using of either qualitative or quantitative risk analysis methodology
Essence of Baseline Approach
Baseline approach is a main alternative of detailed security analysis for the casees of limited resources (used in 99% situations in practice)
In the case of baseline methodology (etalonturbe metoodika) we have a given (fixed) set of mandatory safeguards for a certain (early determined) security level and we assume that implementing these safeguards is sufficient to reach the mentioned security level (to reach to the limits of accepted residual risk)
In the case of baseline methodology (etalonturbe metoodika) we have a given (fixed) set of mandatory safeguards for a certain (early determined) security level and we assume that implementing these safeguards is sufficient to reach the mentioned security level (to reach to the limits of accepted residual risk)
Main Idea of Baseline Approach1. All typical components of the typical information
system (buildings, office, servers, hardware, software, communications, users, organization, access control, etc.) was taken into account as an hypothetical system
2. The certain level of security was predefined
3. The detailed risk analysis was implemented (once!) for above-mentioned circumstances. The result is a certain set of safeguards
4. It is assumed that for any other information system the same security level needs to implement the same set of safeguards. Therefore, these safeguards can be considered as a baseline safeguards (etalonturvameetmed)
Essence of Mixed Approach
Two main branches of mixed approach (segametoodika):
1. Sets of baseline safeguards are prepared not only for a certain (single) security level but for different security levels (for different pre-defined availability, integrity and confidentiality levels)
2. In mission-critcal and/or unique architecture components the detailed risk analysis was implemented (in other components the baseline approach)
Overtakes the advantages from both, detailed risk analysis and baseline approach combining them in order to find a reasonable compromize
Overtakes the advantages from both, detailed risk analysis and baseline approach combining them in order to find a reasonable compromize
Informal Apporoach
It is a useful method when:• risk analysis has to be performed very fast• we havn’t any suitable abstract risk assessment
approaches or we can’t use them for some reasons• existing risk management methods are too
resource-consumable for us• we have suitable experienced (IT) professionals
Informal approach (mitteformaalne riskihaldusmetoodika) is based on risk assessment by non-abstract methods using the existing experience of specialists (own employees, external consultants)
Informal approach (mitteformaalne riskihaldusmetoodika) is based on risk assessment by non-abstract methods using the existing experience of specialists (own employees, external consultants)
Two Stages of Cryptography• Pre-computer cryptography or traditional
cryptography (arvutieelne ehk traditsiooniline krüptograafia). Uses paper-pencil or some simple mechanical devices (until 1940s). Was a tool only for military, diplomacy and intelligence areas (until 1970-80s). Uses empirical tehcniques (until 1949)
• Contemporary cryptology or computer-age cryptography, usually called only cryptography ((kaasaja) krüptograafia). Uses computers as encrypting/breaking tools (since 1940s). Is an essential tool for each e-systems (since 1970-80s). Uses scientific-based algoritms(since 1949)
Essence of Traditional Cryptography
Traditional or pre-computer cryptography (traditsiooniline ehk arvutieelne krüptograafia) was a discipline which aim was a hiding of information (hiding meaning of data) for foreign or alien people by the way of ”strange writing”
Traditional or pre-computer cryptography (traditsiooniline ehk arvutieelne krüptograafia) was a discipline which aim was a hiding of information (hiding meaning of data) for foreign or alien people by the way of ”strange writing”
The name of the discipline comes from the Greek name (like most of other classic disciplines):• κρνπτος (kryptos) – hidden• γραπηο (graphō) – I write
Cryptography means “hidden word” in Greek
Sources of Cryptography
Cryptography derives probably from ancient times, when the writing was invented and there also soon arises a necessity to write down the information in such a way that it will be understandable by own people but ununderstandable for others (aliens)
Cryptography derives probably from ancient times, when the writing was invented and there also soon arises a necessity to write down the information in such a way that it will be understandable by own people but ununderstandable for others (aliens)
How old it actually is?• An alphabet is some thousand years old
(first used by Phoenicians), hieroglyphs are much older (at least 5000 years)
• Cryptography is probably also about 3000-5000 years old
The Oldest Known Utilization Fact
Hieroglyphs on cliff-tomb of Egyptian Pharaoh Khnumhotep, which are completly different from other knows hieroglyphs from these times
About 4000 years old (1900 BC)
Main Methods of Pre-Computer Cryptography, I
• substitution (substitutsioon) – replacing of original characters (letters) by another characters (letters)
• transposition or permutation (transpositsioon, permutatsioon) – changing the order of characters (letters)
Main Methods of Pre-Computer Cryptography, II
The simplest pre-computer (ancient) ciphers were different variants of substitution or transposition ciphers. More complex ancient ciphers were certain combinations of substitution and transposition
The simplest pre-computer (ancient) ciphers were different variants of substitution or transposition ciphers. More complex ancient ciphers were certain combinations of substitution and transposition
By the way, even a lot of modern (computer-age) cryptoalgorithms are still a complex combinations of substitution and transposition
Used probably since 200 BC
Ancient Greek Cryptography: Polybios Square
Each character was replaced by the pair of numbers of row and column. For example EESTI was replaced by 5151344442
The alphabet was usually re-arranged or mixed (25! different possibilities)
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A Greek Transposition Cipher
Is known under a name Skytale
• First known use in 500BC• Includes a tape (belt), on which the characters
were written, and a round stick• After the scrolling the tape on the stick the text
was written and later read
Example: a word KRYPTO is encrypted to CIOHKG
Caesar Cipher
Was a simple substitution cipher – each letter (character) was replaced by another letter with a certain positions ahead
Was a simple substitution cipher – each letter (character) was replaced by another letter with a certain positions ahead
Was used by a famous Roman Emperor Julius (Gaius) Caesar
Usage time: about 50 BC
Line Transpostion CipherText was written into the lines with a certain length, later columns were rearranged:
Arab CryptographyAl-Khalil (Abu `Abd al-Rahman al-Khalil ibn Ahmad ibn `Amr ibn Tammam al Farahidi al-Zadi al Yahmadi), about AD 790 :
• Has written the book about ciphers (lost, but used as citations in other later and remained books)
• Has discussed on a different cipher systems, including the systems which were used in Byzantine Empire
• Has used the complex cryptoanalytic means (by the way the known plaintext analysis which was used in 1940 for breaking ENIGMA cipher)
Jefferson’s Cylinder
First mentioned in 1790
• Each of (numbered) disks bears full alphabet in different arrangement
• Arrangement of disks on a stick is a key
• Message (plaintext) was set into one line by turning of disks; from another line the ciphertext was read
Vigenére’s Table
Vigenére’s Table• Is a common rule how we calculate the
ciphertext letter from a plaintext letter and key letter
• The key is a portion of any text (usually from previously determined book and page)
• Was very widely used between 18th and 20th centuries
If the lenght of key is equal to the lenght of enciphered text, then such a system (Vernam’s cipher) is theoretically unbreakable
If the lenght of key is equal to the lenght of enciphered text, then such a system (Vernam’s cipher) is theoretically unbreakable
It was proved by Shannon in 1949
Paper and Pencil as Essential Tools
• Until the 1920-40s the paper and pencil were the most important tools in encryption; other tools were used only slightly
• Most used cipher was a Verman cipher when certain book (certain page of book) was used as a key material
During 1920-40s there also appeared first mechanical and/or electromechanical ciphering devices (machines)
During 1920-40s there also appeared first mechanical and/or electromechanical ciphering devices (machines)
An ENIGMA Cipher Machine
ENIGMA was constructed by Germans during 1930s. ENIGMA ciphers was considered unbreakable in these times
ENIGMA was constructed by Germans during 1930s. ENIGMA ciphers was considered unbreakable in these times
• ENIGMA was a complex substitution-permutation cipher, where the key was an initial position of permutative rotors (usually there was 3 rotors)
• Rotor was disk with 26 electrical contacts on both side and realises a permutation of 26-letter alphabet
An ENIGMA Cipher Machine• By each letter encryption the last rotor was moved by one
step• If the last rotor has done 26 steps (full circle), the middle
rotor was moved by an one step (as in car odometer) • There were varied 262626 = 17 576 different positions of
rotors (different permutations)
This method was considered to be unbreakable in 1930-40s
This method was considered to be unbreakable in 1930-40s
ENIGMA: a Wiring Scheme
ENIGMA: Photos
ENIGMA: Photos
Other (Electro)mechanical Cipher Machines
Sigaba: USA, 1930s
Differently from ENMIGA, the ciphers of Sigaba were really unbreakable
Other (Electro)mechanical Cipher Machines
M-100: USSR, 1934
Germans were unable to decrypt the messages made by M-100 during WWII
ENIGMA - A Breaking Story• ENIGMA cipher was theoretically broken
by a Polish cryptographer Rejewski in 1930s but it needed large amount of calculations (a lot of time and/or machine work)
• In 1943, a British matematician Alan Turing constructed a special electronic computer (first in world!) named COLOSSUS, which only aim was breaking the ENIGMA ciphers
• This fact was kept secret for a long time (until the end of cold war in late 1980s) because COLOSSUS was made by British intelligence MI5
COLOSSUS • Was built in 1943 in UK (MI5) especially
for breaking ENIGMA ciphers• Was a top secret device until 1980s• Was the first electronic computer in
world• The exact functional copy of original
COLOSSUS was built in UK in 1990s
End of Traditional Cryptography, I
End of traditional cryptography was mainly caused by an appearing of electronic computer in 1940s (COLOSSUS, ENIAC), which made a computational work thousands times faster than before
End of traditional cryptography was mainly caused by an appearing of electronic computer in 1940s (COLOSSUS, ENIAC), which made a computational work thousands times faster than before
It ended the era of pre-computer ciphers (crypotoalgorithms) and a traditional (pre-computer) cryptography
Since 1940s for both during encryption and cipher breaking processe there was used (electronical) computers
Since 1949 we can speak about contemporary (modern, scientifical) cryptography. It is a branch of applied mathematics. It is used as an useful tool for data security (both confidentiality and integrity)
Since 1949 we can speak about contemporary (modern, scientifical) cryptography. It is a branch of applied mathematics. It is used as an useful tool for data security (both confidentiality and integrity)
End of Traditional Cryptography, II
Around the same time with the appearance of electronic computers, Shannon published his information theory (1949). It led cryptology from previous empirical basis to scientific basis
The transition from paper-based into computer-based encrypting during 1940-50s did not change these traditional usage fields
The transition from paper-based into computer-based encrypting during 1940-50s did not change these traditional usage fields
A Tool for Diplomats and Warriors
Traditional or pre-computer cryptography was used for a narrow purposes - for diplomacy, intelligence and military purposes
In many countries until 1970-80s the encryption equipment/devices was considered to be handled as weapons
Mass-use of cryptographic means in commerce began together with the spread on wide-area computer networks (Internet) during 1970-80s where the transferred information confidentiality often needed a protection
Mass-use of cryptographic means in commerce began together with the spread on wide-area computer networks (Internet) during 1970-80s where the transferred information confidentiality often needed a protection
1970-80s – From Military to Commerce Use
Additionally this process was heavily led by the invention of new types of cryptoalgorithms which do not protect the confidentiality but integity
The Essence and Role of Contemporary Cryptology
The aim of contemporary cryptology is not only confidentiality. The additional aim – the avoiding of unauthorized changes (integrity) was added. Ensuring of integrity can be even considered as the main function of contemporary cryptology (ca 80% of its usage)
The aim of contemporary cryptology is not only confidentiality. The additional aim – the avoiding of unauthorized changes (integrity) was added. Ensuring of integrity can be even considered as the main function of contemporary cryptology (ca 80% of its usage)
But the classical (Greek) name cryptography (a hidden word) has stille remained as a relict (even in these cases when the aim is not confidentiality)
The mass-usage of Internet (the early and mid 1990s) caused the final liberalizing of cryptographical means/devices use
The mass-usage of Internet (the early and mid 1990s) caused the final liberalizing of cryptographical means/devices use
1990s: Liberalizing of Cryptology
Last essential “old relicts” were:
• France - until mid-1990s the cryptographivc devices’ usage were considered as weapons
• U.S.- until 1999 there was an export ban of unbreakable algorithms (algorithms with tke keylenght more than 40 bits)
Contemporary Cryptology as a Typical Tool of IT and Data Security
Without the using of cryptographical tools as an essentials tools for protecting digital data, there’s usually impossible to realize any information system. The observation of crypto-tools as weapons are lost forever already for long years
Contemporary cryptology is a basic mean to protecting both the integrity and confidentiality of any digital data. For protecting of availabilty it is usualy an auxiliary mean
Contemporary cryptology is a basic mean to protecting both the integrity and confidentiality of any digital data. For protecting of availabilty it is usualy an auxiliary mean
Contemporary Cryptography — an Official Definition
Contemporary Cryptography — an Official Definition
(Contemporary) cryptology ((kaasaja) krüptograafia) is a discipline that embodies the principles, means, and methods for the transformation of data in order to hide their semantic content, prevent their unauthorized use, or prevent their undetected modification (Source: ISO 7498-2)
(Contemporary) cryptology ((kaasaja) krüptograafia) is a discipline that embodies the principles, means, and methods for the transformation of data in order to hide their semantic content, prevent their unauthorized use, or prevent their undetected modification (Source: ISO 7498-2)
Basic Concepts of (Contemporary) Cryptology
• Encryptable (convertable from readable to unreadable form) text is called plaintext (avatekst)
• Encrypted text (the text which is already converted to unreadable form) is called ciphertext (krüptogramm)
• The converting process from plaintext to ciphertext (from readable to unreadable form) is called encryption or encipherment (krüpteerimine, šifreerimine)
• The converting process from ciphertext back to plaintext (beck to readable form) under normal circumstances is called decryption or deciphering (dešifreerimine)
Basic Concepts of (Contemporary) Cryptology
• Usually both the enciphering and deciphering processes are performed by using a key or secret key (võti, salajane võti)
• Deciphering is a transforming of ciphertext into a plaintext using an appropriate key
• Successful transforming of ciphertext into a plaintext without a key is called breaking a cryptoalgorithm (krüptoalgoritmi murdmine)
In pre-computer (traditional) cryptoalgoritms the key is often undistinguishable from an algoritm itself
In pre-computer (traditional) cryptoalgoritms the key is often undistinguishable from an algoritm itself