Critical flaw in wolfSSL library enables forged certificate use

A critical vulnerability in the wolfSSL SSL/TLS library can weaken security via improper verification of the hash algorithm ...

TOPPAN Holdings, NICT, and ISARA Establish Proof of Concept for Technology Enabling Seamless Migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography for Certificate Authorities

Secondary root certificate maintains security of communications between servers and clients to facilitate a phased transition from current to ...
Tehran Times

VeriSign drops vulnerable certificate algorithm

The provider of Internet trust assurances said it was transitioning from MD5 to the SHA-1 algorithm for its new RapidSSL brand certificates. It also pledged to reissue any RapidSSL certificates ...
Linux Journal

Understanding Public Key Infrastructure and X.509 Certificates

An introduction to PKI, TLS and X.509, from the ground up. Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) provides a framework of encryption and data communications standards used to secure communications over ...
The Next Web

Google will start sunsetting the SHA-1 cryptographic hash algorithm in Chrome this month, finish by Q1 2015

Google today announced its plans to sunset the SHA-1 cryptographic hash algorithm as Chrome uses it in certificate signatures for HTTPS. The company hopes to start the process later this month with ...
CSOonline

What’s next for encryption if the RSA algorithm is broken?

A recent, yet to be proven paper claiming to have found a way to "destroy the RSA cryptosystem" has cryptographers asking what might replace it. What if a big crack appeared overnight in the ...
EDN

Digital Signature Algorithm

A digital signature, an asymmetric cryptography is designed using VHDL. The implementation has a Message Digest block and a RSA block. Implemented Digital Signature Algorithm on a Spartan 3 FPGA board ...