Re: tools for lecture

securenix <sequru@yahoo.com> wrote in news:e2iq46$r1c$1@news.urz.uni-
heidelberg.de:

> Hi,
>
> this semester we offer an introduction to cryptography lecture, in which
> we present topics like basic encryption techniques like ceaser, rot13,
> symmetric key and asymmetric cryptography, hash and mac algortihms, rsa,
> robin, digital signatures. The lecture itself is more
> theorethical-oriented. In the exercise, we would like to present some
> practical tools for the students which they can use to learn
> cryptography better and make a daily use of cryptography. I need some
> ideas to enlarge this tool list.
>
> So far I have written down:
>
> - Cryptool- http://www.cryptool.com/
> - Gnupg/KGpg
> - PGP Desktop Security
> - Enigmail Plugin for Thunderbird
> - OpenSSL
> - md5dum, sha1sum
>
> The tool can be for both Linux and Windows platform. Does anybody have
> any suggestion for other tools?
>

Truecrypt (open source - Windows & several flavours of Linux - excellent
performer & excellent study project)

http://sourceforge.net/projects/truecrypt/
or
http://www.truecrypt.org/

Regards,
Received on Mon May 1 02:04:00 2006