What exactly is DES?
What is differential cryptanalysis?
How was NSA involved in the design of DES?
Is DES available in software?
Is DES available in hardware?
Can DES be used to protect classified information?
What are ECB, CBC, CFB, OFB, and PCBC encryption?
What is the difference between the CAs?
What is a chained certificate?
How do CAs sign certificates?
What is an encryption "key" and what is the importance of key length?
What is an algorithm?
What is public key encryption?
What is are "proprietary" and "public" cryptographic algorithms?
What is cryptographic synchronisation?