Applications of Cryptography

There are many applications of cryptography and PKI in computing. The primary applications are covered in the following subtopics:

• • Crypto Challenge
  • TLS – Transport Layer Security (Formerly SSL – Secure Sockets Layer)
  • PeerTLS – A Variant of TLS for Security Between Peer Nodes
  • Digital Signature
  • Digital Envelope
  • S/MIME – Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
  • Cryptographic Authentication