Cryptographic engineering

This article is an overview of cryptographic engineering which notes at least some of the differences between ordinary engineering and the cryptographic sort. In modern practice, cryptographic engineering is deployed in crypto systems. Like most engineering design, these are wholly human creations. Most crypto systems are computer software, either embedded in firmware or running as ordinary executable files under an operating system. In some system designs, the cryptography runs under manual direction, in others, it is run automatically, often in the background. Like other software design, and unlike most other engineering, there are few external constraints.

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Cryptographic - Engineering - Crypto system - Computer software - Firmware - Operating system

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