SDN changes the networking vision with an impressive thought of segregating the
networking control from the data management hardware and brings new functionalities such …

We introduce the key reinstallation attack. This attack abuses design or implementation
flaws in cryptographic protocols to reinstall an already-in-use key. This resets the key's …

Built on top of UDP, the recently standardized QUIC protocol primarily aims to gradually
replace the TCP plus TLS plus HTTP/2 model. For instance, HTTP/3 is designed to exploit …

Home-based IoT devices have a bleak reputation regarding their security practices. On the
surface, the insecurities of IoT devices seem to be caused by integration problems that may …

The TLS protocol is intended to enable secure end-to-end communication over insecure
networks, including the Internet. Unfortunately, this goal has been thwarted a number of …

Cryptography is an indispensable tool used to protect information in computing systems. It is
used everywhere and by billions of people worldwide on a daily basis. It is used to protect …

TLS 1.3 is the next version of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol. Its clean-slate
design is a reaction both to the increasing demand for low-latency HTTPS connections and …

Let's Encrypt is a free, open, and automated HTTPS certificate authority (CA) created to
advance HTTPS adoption to the entire Web. Since its launch in late 2015, Let's Encrypt has …

The first edition of this book was published in 2003. Inevitably, certain parts of the book
became outdated quickly. At the same time new developments have continued apace …

While modern block ciphers, such as AES, have a block size of at least 128 bits, there are
many 64-bit block ciphers, such as 3DES and Blowfish, that are still widely supported in …