J2EE™ Security for Servlets, EJBs and Web Services: Applying Theory and Standards to Practice

Summary of Cryptographic Operations

We have covered a number of cryptographic operations, their characteristics and uses in the previous sections. Let us recap the main points with help of Figure 3-3.

Figure 3-3. Cryptographic operations and their uses.

Here is the basic scenario: Alice has some data she wants to share with Bob. Depending upon the situation, she could use one or more of the cryptographic operations discussed in this chapter, as explained below.

1.	Ensure that the data has not been accidentally corrupted. Alice computes the digest of the data and sends the digest value along with the message. Bob, after receiving the data, computes ...