References

This document collects links to useful references. It is currently incomplete, but we can gradually add to it.

Cryptographic Primitives

• AES (FIPS 197)
• GCM (SP 800-38D)
• ChaCha20-Poly1305 (RFC 7539)
• AES-GCM-SIV (RFC 8452)
• RSA (PKCS #1, RFC 8017)
• X25519 (RFC 7748)
• Ed25519 (RFC 8032)
• ML-KEM (FIPS 203)
• ML-DSA (FIPS 204)
• SLH-DSA (FIPS 205)

ASN.1

• ASN.1 syntax (X.680)
• DER and BER encoding (X.690)
• A Warm Welcome to ASN.1

X.509 and Related Formats

• PKIX (RFC 5280)
• New ASN.1 Modules for PKIX (RFC 5912)
• ITU X.509
• PrivateKeyInfo (PKCS #8, RFC 5208)
• PKCS #7 (RFC 2315)
  • Called CMS 1.5, but this “CMS” now refers to the new version. PKCS #7 is the predecessor
• Cryptographic Message Syntax (RFC 5662)
• PKCS #12 (RFC 7292)
• Algorithm Identifiers (RFC 3279)
  • AlgorithmIdentifiers for pre-SHA-2 hashes
  • SPKIs for dsa, rsaEncryption, ecPublicKey
  • Corresponding signature algorithms with pre-SHA-2 hashes
• Additional Algorithm Identifiers for RSA (RFC 4055)
  • PKCS#1 v1.5 with SHA-2 in X.509
  • RSA-PSS in X.509
• Algorithm Identifiers for Ed25519 and X25519 (RFC 8410)

TLS

Protocol Versions

• TLS 1.3 (RFC 8446)
• TLS 1.2 (RFC 5246)
• TLS 1.1 (RFC 4346)
• TLS 1.0 (RFC 2246)
• DTLS 1.3 (RFC 9147)
• DTLS 1.2 (RFC 6347)
• DTLS 1.0 (RFC 4347)

Cipher Suites and Extensions

• ECC for TLS 1.2 (RFC 8422)
• AES-GCM for TLS 1.2 (RFC 5288)
• Various Extensions (RFC 6066)
  • server_name (aka SNI)
  • certificate_status (aka OCSP stapling)
• EMS Extension (RFC 7627)
• Renegotiation Indication Extension (RFC 5746)

Languages

• cppreference.com
• Draft C++ Standard
• GNU Assembler Manual
• MASM
• NASM

CPU Architectures

• Intel Manuals
• Arm Architecture Reference Manual
• A64 Instruction Set Architecture Guide
  • Overview of registers, generally how the architecture works
• A64 Instruction Set Architecture
  • Information on each instruction

Calling Conventions and ABIs

x86

• ELF x86
• Windows x86
• ELF x86-64
• Windows x86-64

Arm

• Arm base ABIs (AAPCS32 and AAPCS64)
• Linux 32-bit ARM supplement
• iOS ARMv6
• iOS ARMv7
• Apple ARM64
• Windows ARM64