Cryptography Reading Guide

[DevynCJohnson]

For those of you that like to sit down and read many articles on a particular subject, then this is the post for you. Here, I made an index of various articles on cryptography and related topics (encryption, SSH, LXC containers, and such). Enjoy!

Check out the related security guide - http://www.linux.org/threads/security-reading-guide.6356/

Concepts

• Intro to Cryptography - http://www.linux.org/threads/intro-to-cryptography.8018/
  
• Intro to Encryption - http://www.linux.org/threads/intro-to-encryption.4376/
• Intro to Linux Containers - http://www.linux.org/threads/linux-containers-part-1-the-intro.4379/
• Cryptographic Algorithms - http://www.linux.org/threads/cryptographic-algorithms.8044/
  
• Cryptocurrency - http://www.linux.org/threads/cryptocurrency.7978/
  
• Premier of Two-Factor Authentication - http://www.linux.org/threads/premier-of-two-factor-authentication.4624/
• Secure Password Collisions - http://www.linux.org/threads/secure-password-collisions.4886/
• Internet Censorship and Circumvention - http://www.linux.org/threads/internet-censorship-and-circumvention.8095/
• The Many Sides of the Internet: Arpanet, Darknet, and Others - http://www.linux.org/threads/the-many-sides-of-the-internet-arpanet-darknet-and-others.8389/

How-to

• View and Change Linux MAC Addresses - http://www.linux.org/threads/view-and-change-linux-mac-addresses.8166/
  
• Set up SSH Keys - http://www.linux.org/threads/set-up-ssh-keys.4211/
• How to Force ssh login via Public Key Authentication - http://www.linux.org/threads/how-to-force-ssh-login-via-public-key-authentication.4253/
• Terminating a Hung SSH Session - http://www.linux.org/threads/terminating-a-hung-ssh-session.5227/
• Secure Web Browsing Using Proxy SOCKS - http://www.linux.org/threads/secure-web-browsing-using-proxy-socks.2348/
• SSH ACL: Allowing users and groups - http://www.linux.org/threads/ssh-acl-allowing-users-and-groups.4782/
• Encrypted Containers Without TrueCrypt - http://www.linux.org/threads/encrypted-containers-without-truecrypt.4478/
• Creating, Stopping, and Connecting LXC Containers - http://www.linux.org/threads/linux-containers-part-2-creating-stopping-and-connecting.4399/
• Creating Your Own VPN - http://www.linux.org/threads/linux-containers-part-5-creating-your-own-vpn.4431/
• Additional VPN Security - http://www.linux.org/threads/linux-containers-part-6-additional-vpn-security.4459/
• Enable LDAP Authentication in Blesta - http://www.linux.org/threads/enable-ldap-authentication-in-blesta.5341/
• SSH Tricks: Working with a Config - http://www.linux.org/threads/ssh-tricks-working-with-a-config.4975/
• How to set up SHA-3 hashing for my passwords? - http://www.linux.org/threads/how-to-set-up-sha-3-hashing-for-my-passwords.6086/
• Upload files with ssh / scp in Linux - http://www.linux.org/threads/upload-files-with-ssh-scp-in-linux.639/
• DMZ Without the Risk - Part 1: Setting Up OpenVPN - http://www.linux.org/threads/dmz-without-the-risk-part-1-setting-up-openvpn.4820/
• DMZ Without the Risk - Part 2: Setting Up the Client - http://www.linux.org/threads/dmz-without-the-risk-part-2-setting-up-the-client.4821/
• DMZ Without the Risk - Part 3: Putting Everything Together - http://www.linux.org/threads/dmz-without-the-risk-part-3-putting-everything-together.4822/
• Creating a Self-Signed Certificate With Python - http://www.linux.org/threads/creating-a-self-signed-certificate-with-python.4591/
• Improving a Tor Relay - http://www.linux.org/threads/improving-a-tor-relay.4625/
• Hacking WEP WiFi - http://www.linux.org/threads/hacking-wep-wifi.8043/
• Hacking WPA-Secured WiFi - http://www.linux.org/threads/hacking-wpa-secured-wifi.8076/

Tools/Protocols

• Understanding OpenSSL - http://www.linux.org/threads/understanding-openssl.8446/
  
• Security Plugins for Firefox - http://www.linux.org/threads/security-plugins-for-firefox.8390/
  
• Metasploit Installation - http://www.linux.org/threads/metasploit-installation.8109/
  
• SSH: The VPN No One Remembers - http://www.linux.org/threads/ssh-the-vpn-no-one-remembers.4176/
• Secure Shell (SSH) - http://www.linux.org/threads/secure-shell-ssh.7066/
  
• OpenSSH - http://www.linux.org/threads/openssh.4162/
• Mosh - The SSH Replacement That Can - http://www.linux.org/threads/mosh-the-ssh-replacement-that-can.6041/
• FreeOTP - http://www.linux.org/threads/move-over-google-authenticator-freeotp-is-here.6047/
• HTTP and HTTPS Routing (+nginx) - http://www.linux.org/threads/linux-containers-part-7-http-and-https-routing.4544/
• Linux Containers: Tools of the Trade (LXC Userspace) - http://www.linux.org/threads/linux-containers-part-3-tools-of-the-trade.4402/
• Fabric - http://www.linux.org/threads/remote-commands-via-fabric-part-1-hello-linux-org.4685/
• Tor: Part 1 - Is it for me? - http://www.linux.org/threads/tor-part-1-is-it-for-me.4532/
• Tor: Part 2 - Installing and Using - http://www.linux.org/threads/tor-part-2-installing-and-using.4533/
• Tor: Part 3 - Becoming An Onion - http://www.linux.org/threads/tor-part-3-becoming-an-onion.4543/
• pam_unix.so Is Your Security Friend - http://www.linux.org/threads/pam_unix-so-is-your-security-friend.4650/
• Set Up Mutt for TLS SMTP - http://www.linux.org/threads/set-up-mutt-for-tls-smtp.5989/
• RHEL6 volume encryption using LUKS - http://www.linux.org/threads/rhel6-volume-encryption-using-luks.4219/
• Google Authenticator For SSH - http://www.linux.org/threads/google-authenticator-for-ssh.4590/

Metasploit

• Metasploit Installation - http://www.linux.org/threads/metasploit-installation.8109/
  
• Basic Discovery - http://www.linux.org/threads/metasploit-basic-discovery.8130/
• Advanced Discovery - http://www.linux.org/threads/metasploit-advanced-discovery.8168/
• Port Use - http://www.linux.org/threads/metasploit-port-use.8326/
• Window Session - http://www.linux.org/threads/metasploit-windows-session.8350/
• Linux Session - http://www.linux.org/threads/metasploit-linux-session.8377/
• Android Session - http://www.linux.org/threads/metasploit-android-session.8395/

NMAP

• NMAP Installation and Basics - http://www.linux.org/threads/nmap-installation-and-basics.8415/
• NMAP TCP/IP Basics - http://www.linux.org/threads/nmap-tcp-ip-basics.8434/
• NMAP (PING and UDP Scanning) - http://www.linux.org/threads/nmap-ping-and-udp-scanning.8450/
• TCP Scanning - http://www.linux.org/threads/nmap-tcp-scanning.8465/

More Guides - http://www.linux.org/threads/reading-guides-indexes.6034/

 

[ryanvade]

Ah encryption. Wonderful stuff.
RIP truecrypt.

Thanks for the links @DevynCJohnson