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Cryptography Tools

Introduction to Cryptography Tools

Technology is getting advanced day by day, and this fact could not be belied. A few years back, the popularity of the internet was as much as it’s not. The advancement in technology that could be witnesses these days is the outcome of the internet’s availability that influenced the researchers to bring new things into the technology’s bucket. With the growth in technology, the number of breaches happening online has also increased, which demanded secure approaches to run operations online. This article will learn about a critical module of cybersecurity that helps to establish information security by encrypting the data. In this article, we will be learning about different cryptography tools in detail.

What is Cryptography?

To understand the cryptography tool, we have to understand what cryptography means. Cryptography may be defined as an approach used to transform the data into a form that the client can only understand to whom the data is sent. In simple terms, it’s the way to establish secure communication among peers. In cryptography, the data is encrypted using a key while they need another key or a similar key to decrypt the data. The encrypted data looks far apart from the normal data. Now we will see the tools that endorse the method of cryptography.

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Top 6 Cryptography Tools

Here is a list of the topmost 6 Cryptography Tools are as follows:

1. Security Token/Authentication Token

The security token or the authentication token is the one that is considered as the cryptography tool. Using the security token, one can authenticate the user. It is also used to provide statefulness to the HTTP protocol. The security token has to be encrypted to allow the secure exchange of data. The browser uses the security token that is drafted at the server-side to maintain the state. In normal words, it could be considered as a mechanism that allows remote authentication.

2. CertMgr.exe

This is the tool that Microsoft defines as cryptography tools. The file can be installed as it has the extension. The file allows you to create and manage the certificate. Cryptography is used extensively in certificate managing. It lets you handle the certification, and in addition to that, it also allows you to manage the certificate revocation lists (CRLs). The purpose of cryptography in certificate generation is to ensure that the parties’ data is secure. This tool helps us add the extra bits in security.

3. JCA

The JCA is the other kind of cryptography tool that helps us to endorse encryption. JCA can be defined as the cryptographic libraries in Java. The libraries consist of predefined functions that should be imported before their features could be leveraged. Being a Java library, it works perfectly with the other Java frameworks and helps in application development. The application with the urge of cryptography uses this library to build the application if the development has been carried out using Java.

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4. Docker

The other cryptography tool is used to practice encryption. The docker is nothing but a container that allows the user to develop a large application within it. The data that is kept inside the docket as kept in encrypted form. The mechanism of cryptography has been used very deeply to bring the feature of data encryption. The interesting part about docker is, in addition to the data, the files are also kept encrypted so that no one without proper key access could access it. In simple terms, the docker is a container that lets the user hold their critical information and kept it safe so that the entire focus can be on application development. It can also be considered as the cloud storage that lets us handle the data on a shared or dedicated server.

5. SignTool.exe

The signing tool is one of the more important cryptography tools that Microsoft uses to sign the file. This application works as the authority that can add a signature with any of the files. In addition to that, it also adds the time stamp with the file. The timestamp associated with the file can be used for verifying the file. Overall, all of the features provided by this tool is to ensure the integrity of the file. In a nutshell, it is a Microsoft based product that lets the user sign the file and also let them add the timestamp with the file.

6. Authentication using Key

The data that is encrypted needs the key to decrypt it. The normal data is something that could be understood by the normal user, while the encrypted data is different from the original data. In  Authentication using Key, There are two types of approaches in Encryption.

  • Symmetric Encryption
  • Asymmetric Encryption

In symmetric encryption, the key used to encrypt the data is the same key that will be used to decrypt the data. In asymmetric encryption, the data will be encrypted with one key while it uses another key to get it decrypted. The keys are considered as private and public key based on which key is used for what purpose.

Conclusion

There are various approaches to secure data, and cryptography is one of the strongest ones. It allows the user to protect their data from getting exposed to the external world or to someone who may want to leverage the data to perform malicious activity. To help in cryptography, cryptography tools are used very often. Based on the purpose of this, we do have different tools available, and one can choose the accurate one based on the requirement.

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This is a Guide to Cryptography Tools. Here we discuss the introduction and different tools of cryptography in detail. You can also go through our other suggested articles to learn more –

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