Cryptography Article Reviews Samples For Students

Klein, D. V. (1990). Foiling the cracker: A survey of, and improvements to, password security. In Proceedings of the 2nd USENIX Security Workshop (pp. 5-14).

The article ‘‘Foiling the Cracker’’: A Survey of, and Improvements to, Password

Security by Daniel V. Klein was published in 1990. Klein looks into system security and discusses how people can hack passwords. He claims that the issue of security has always been a challenge to most individual accounts as there are people who know how to manipulate such accounts such that they hack them and get vital information about another party. He discusses the various ways in which technology has motivated the interference of system ...

Context and Problem Statement:

What problems are the authors trying to solve?
Anonymous communications are required everywhere these days and information security is one of the biggest concerns. Latency networks and communication is a common happening however this latency does not only lead to the late communication however it also contributes to leakage of information and details about the sender and receiver. In this paper, the authors have conducted experiments in order to find out the risk associated with leakage of anonymity due to latency.

Are they important problems? Why or why not?

This is a very important problem has data security and information security are one of the most important factors ...

Premiership Football Club buys storage solution to store, access and share critical information

Various sporting institutions have increasing needs for systems that can safely keep the players’ information and data. Arsenal Football Club is not left behind. The club needs a solution that can keep all the players’ information and analysis data protected. This is what compelled the club to install two of Buffalo’s TeraStation ES Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices. The decision was arrived at after a thorough investigation of all the storage solutions. The club also purchased eight MiniStation hard drives with hardware encryption. This was to be used by the football analysis team, the medical staff and the coaches.
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Article Review

Abstract
The article chosen deals with such terms as information assurance and information security. The considering terms are of great importance as in spite of the high level of technology development in modern society, all organizations and individuals aim to confidentiality and protection of any information. Information assurance focuses on integration of protection, detection and reaction to some unauthorized intrusions and guarantees protection.
There is given a description of a wide variety of methods and measures for information security by means of information assurance. The purpose is to lower the risk connected with the usage, storage, or transmission of ...

Bitcoin is purely peer-peer electronic cash that makes it possible for online money payments to be remitted directly from one party to the other without having to go through financial institutions. With bitcoin, digital signatures are considered part of the solution but the problem arises when the trusted third party is needed to curtail any form of double spending. The solution to this double spending lies in bitcoin; this is because it timestamps transactions by hashing them into a hash-based work proof. This makes it form a network that will not be altered unless the proof-of work is redone. Bitcoin has ...

- Explain how WiMAX will make a difference in how we “connect” to the Internet. What are some of its key characteristics? (TC)
WIMAX is short for worldwide interoperability for microwave access. It has a potential of broadband internet access. It does not require cable and this enables people to connect to the internet automatically wherever they are. This is possible through the availability of WIMAX antenna.
- Briefly discuss the differences and the role of each of these wireless standards: Bluetooth, Zigbee, 802.11b
Bluetooth is a wireless technology for connecting devices. The devices have to agree before they ...