Chapter 1

Cryptographic Tools and Techniques

The Following CompTIA CASP Exam Objectives Are Covered in This Chapter:

  • 1.1 Distinguish which cryptographic tools and techniques are appropriate for a given situation.
    • Cryptographic applications and proper implementation
    • Advanced PKI concepts
  • Wildcard
  • OCSP vs. CRL
  • Issuance to entities
  • Users
  • Systems
  • Applications
  • Implications of cryptographic methods and design
  • Strength vs. performance vs. feasibility to implement vs. interoperability
  • Transport encryption
  • Digital signature
  • Hashing
  • Code signing
  • Non-repudiation
  • Entropy
  • Pseudorandom number generation
  • Perfect forward secrecy
  • Confusion
  • Diffusion

This chapter discusses cryptography. Cryptography can be defined as the art of protecting information by ...

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