Securing Data in Transit

An Introduction

1. Introduction

1.1. Copyright Information

Copyright (c) 2002 by Jennifer Vesperman. This material may be distributed only subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Open Publication License, v0.4 or later (the latest version is presently available at http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/).

1.2. Overview

The secure transmission of data in transit relies on both encryption and authentication - on both the hiding or concealment of the data itself, and on ensuring that the computers at each end are the computers they say they are.

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Securing Data in Transit
Table of Contents

0. Index
1. Introduction

• 1.1. Copyright Information
• 1.2. Overview

2. Authentication
3. Encryption

• 3.1. Private key encryption
• 3.2. Public Key encryption
• 3.3. Limitations of encryption

4. Secure HTTP
5. Secure Email
6. Secure Shell
7. Other Data Transfer
8. Final words

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