Encryption

Revision as of 22:41, 11 November 2023

Ciphers

• AES
• Blowfish
• ChaCha
• DES
• ICE
• RC4
• Triple DES

Cryptographic hash functions

• BLAKE
• BLAKE2
• MD4
• MD5
• RIPEMD
• RIPEMD-160
• SHA-1
• SHA-2
• SHA-3

For non-cryptographic hash functions, see Error detection and correction.

Password hashes

• Argon2
• bcrypt
• crypt
• PBKDF2
• scrypt

See also passwd#Password field.

Formats and protocols

• Cloak (.clk)
• Cryptoloop
• DissidentX
• dm-crypt
• Codecrypt
• FractalCrypt
• Horcrux (jesseduffield)
• Horcrux (kndyry)
• icecrypt
• inKey (.iK)
• Invisible Secrets (.isc)
• IZE
• Javascript Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE)
• JSON Web Encryption (JWE)
• Loop-AES
• LUKS
• Max File Encryption (.mfe)
• MCrypt (.nc)
• Message Smuggler (.enc)
• OpenSSL salted format
• PAE
• PAE2
• PGP
  • PGP public key
• QuickCrypto (.qce, .qcotfe)
• SDN (SDN Project)
• Silent Circle Instant Messaging Protocol
• SSL
• Steganos Privacy/Security Suite (.sef, .sle)
• TrueCrypt
• White Noise Storm (WNSTORM)
• Xidie Secure Archives
• XIP
• ZED

Digital rights management (DRM)

Main article: Digital Rights Management

• Content Scramble System (used on DVDs)

Blockchain-related systems

(see also Currency, where most such systems, including Bitcoin, are documented; however, applications of blockchain technology beyond currency use are now appearing)

• Tezos

Ransomware

• Cryptolocker

Additional formats may be listed at Ransomware.

Steganography

• 4t HIT Mail Privacy Lite
• AnyFile2Image
• ARMaHYDAN
• BDV DataHider
• Black Wolf's Picture Encoder (StegoDos)
• BlindSide
• Camera/Shy
• Contraband
• CryptoStego
• CryptoStego - YASS version
• Crypture
• DC-Stegano
• DeepSound
• defy
• Digital Invisible Ink Toolkit
• Dound's Steganographer
• Encrypt Pic
• eShow
• EyeMage IIE
• File-Encryptor
• FireSteg
• Gif-It-Up
• gifshuffle
• Hallucinate
• Hide'N'Send
• Hide and Seek (HideSeek)
• Hide In Picture
• Hydan
• ImageContainer
• ImageHide
• ImageHide (dilshan)
• imagehide (techraj)
• Image Steganography (cpascoe)
• Image Steganography using Python
• InPlainView
• InThePicture
• Invisible Secrets
• JHide
• JPHS (JPHide/JPSeek)
• JSteg
• jsteg (Luke Champine)
• M4JPEG
• Magikfs
• Message Smuggler
• MP3 File Hider
• MP3Stego
• mp3stegz
• MSU StegoVideo
• OpenPuff
• OpenStego
• OutGuess
• PiggyPack
• QuickCrypto
• QuickStego
• rSteg
• rsteg (xgi)
• S-Tools
• Sealed
• Secret Layer
• SecretSpace
• SilentEye
• SNOW/stegsnow
• SSuite Picsel
• Stash-It (Stash)
• steg86
• stegan (edma2)
• Stegan (Von Mbah)
• Stegano
• SteganoGifPaletteOrder (SGPO)
• SteganographX Plus
• Steganography (FortKnox)
• Steganography Online Codec
• steganos
• Steganos Privacy/Security Suite
• SteganPEG
• stegfs
• steghide
• Stego WAV
• stego-wave
• stegodon
• StegoMagic
• StegoShare
• StegoStick
• Stegosuite
• StegoWav (Peter Heist)
• stegowav (robert461)
• Twitter Secret Messages (Steg Of The Dump)
• Unicode Steganography (unisteg)
• Virtual Steganographic Laboratory (VSL)
• Vodka-Tonic
• wbStego
• Whitespace
• White Noise Storm (WNSTORM)
• Xiao Steganography
• Xidie Security Suite
• yass-js
• yeo

Steganographic algorithms

• F5
• J3

(See also: Data Hiding/Embedding)

Obfuscation

(make one type of file appear as a different type of file or no type at all)

• BMP Wrap
• bmpPacker
• Empty Pic
• Exclusive Or
• EyeMage IIE
• File2PNG
• file2png (Sneed)
• File2PNG (softenko)
• Hallucinate
• ImPack
• nicetext
• Piet - create images that are programs
• PngBin
• ROT13
• s2png
• Sam's Big Play Maker
• Stealth
• Steganosaurus (stego)
• Texto
• tk
• UDS : Unlimited Drive Storage
• Wrapster
• ZIPD

Miscellaneous

• Doom cheat code encryption
• Mono
• OpenSSL
• Shamir's Secret Sharing

See also

See also Security for information on digital certificates and electronic signing. Various other formats, including compression, archiving, and filesystem formats, may support encryption as a built-in feature or through plug-ins.

External links

Security techniques

• One way to keep your documents secure...
• Is It the Dawn of the Encryption App?
• Amid NSA uproar, encryption-standards body defends process
• STEED: project to create nonproprietary encryption
• Defending Against Crypto Backdoors
• Dark Mail Alliance - developing end-to-end encryption for e-mail
• FLOSS Manuals content being used in CryptoParties
• Cryptography Breakthrough Could Make Software Unhackable
• Time-capsule crypto to help journalists protect their sources

Code breaking, bugs, and back doors

• Breaking Hard-Disk Encryption
• Password Cracking AES-256 DMGs and Epic Self-Pwnage
• Laws of Physics Say Quantum Cryptography Is Unhackable. It’s Not
• SSL: Intercepted today, decrypted tomorrow
• Report: NSA slices through most 'net encryption, according to 'Bullrun' documents leaked by Snowden
• Critical crypto bug leaves Linux, hundreds of apps open to eavesdropping
• Researchers challenge Apple's claim of unbreakable iMessage encryption
• NSA had secret deal on back-doored crypto with security firm RSA, Snowden docs reveal
• Why Android SSL was downgraded from AES256-SHA to RC4-MD5 in late 2010
• SSL3 “POODLE” Vulnerability

Unsolved (or finally-solved) codes/ciphers

• 70-year old code uncracked
• Mysterious coded messages at university library
• 7 Codes You’ll Never Ever Break
• World's most mysterious manuscript has genuine message
• Zodiac Killer cipher is cracked after eluding sleuths for 51 years

Tools, Utilities, and Software

• Encryption Detection: COPTR
• LibFTE: A toolkit for constructing practical, format-abiding encryption schemes.
• Keybase: look up public keys connected with social-media usernames
• Easy Hash: free program which can calculate over 180 hash functions and checksums

Miscellaneous

• Cryptofloricon: send a message with flowers (not a secret one, though, since the decryption key is on the website!)
• Memo to the Amateur Cipher Designer
• Fast-Talking Computer Hacker Just Has To Break Through Encryption Shield Before Uploading Nano-Virus (The Onion)
• Check Out the Cipher from an Assassination Attempt on Queen Elizabeth
• Crypto Won’t Save You Either
• Programming-contest entries to hide a nasty message in note to boss
• The Secret Codes That Cartel Bosses Use to Send Handwritten Orders from Prison
• Mozilla Password Based Encryption