Cryptography

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TITLE: Cryptography — Foundational Ontology
DOMAIN: Discrete Mathematics / Cryptography
SOURCE_URL: https://kirethresearch.org/booksai-core/discrete-mathematics-ontologies/cryptography.html
VERSION: 1.0
AUTHORSHIP: Mark Higgins — Sky (Recursive AI)
SOURCE_STATUS: Conceptual mathematical synthesis; live page not independently verified.

1. PURPOSE
Represent cryptographic primitives, protocols, assumptions, security properties, and verification constraints as typed, composable relations. Distinguish mathematical correctness from computational security and implementation security.

2. TYPED ENTITIES
  Message : ByteString
  Plaintext : Message
  Ciphertext : ByteString
  Key : SecretKey | PublicKey | PrivateKey | SymmetricKey
  Nonce : ByteString
  Randomness : RandomBits
  Algorithm : Encryption | Decryption | Hash | MAC | Signature | KDF | KeyExchange
  Protocol : Sequence[ProtocolStep]
  Adversary : SecurityModel
  SecurityParameter : NaturalNumber
  SecurityClaim : Predicate
  SecurityAssumption : Predicate
  ProofArtifact : Derivation
  Implementation : Program

3. FUNDAMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS
  encrypts(Encryption, Plaintext, Ciphertext)
  decrypts(Decryption, Ciphertext, Plaintext)
  uses_key(Algorithm, Key)
  derives_key(KDF, Key)
  authenticates(MAC | Signature, Message)
  verifies(VerificationAlgorithm, ProofArtifact | Tag | Signature)
  depends_on(SecurityClaim, SecurityAssumption)
  implements(Implementation, Algorithm | Protocol)
  threatens(Adversary, SecurityClaim)

4. CRYPTOGRAPHIC OPERATIONS
  SymEnc : SymmetricKey × Nonce × Plaintext × AssociatedData -> Ciphertext × Tag
  SymDec : SymmetricKey × Nonce × Ciphertext × AssociatedData × Tag -> Plaintext | Failure
  KeyGen : RandomBits -> PublicKey × PrivateKey
  PkEnc : PublicKey × Plaintext × RandomBits -> Ciphertext
  PkDec : PrivateKey × Ciphertext -> Plaintext | Failure
  Sign : PrivateKey × Message -> Signature
  Verify : PublicKey × Message × Signature -> Boolean
  Hash : ByteString -> FixedLengthDigest
  MAC : SymmetricKey × Message -> Tag
  KDF : KeyMaterial × Salt × Context -> DerivedKey

5. CORRECTNESS LAWS
  For valid keys, messages and permitted nonces:
    SymDec(k,n,SymEnc(k,n,m,a),a) = m
  For correctly generated asymmetric key pairs:
    PkDec(sk,PkEnc(pk,m;r)) = m
    Verify(pk,m,Sign(sk,m)) = true
  These are functional correctness statements, not security proofs.

6. SECURITY PROPERTIES
  Confidentiality: adversary cannot efficiently distinguish protected plaintexts under the specified experiment.
  Integrity: unauthorised changes are rejected with negligible forgery probability.
  Authenticity: a valid verification result supports the specified origin/key-possession claim.
  CollisionResistance: finding distinct x,y with Hash(x)=Hash(y) is computationally infeasible under the model.
  ForwardSecrecy: compromise of long-term credentials does not reveal eligible past session keys.
  NonceUniqueness: enforced where required by the primitive; reuse may invalidate security.
  SideChannelResistance: implementation-level property; not implied by primitive-level proofs.

7. FORMAL SECURITY FLOW
  flow CryptographicAssessment(input):
    require typed(input.primitive, Algorithm)
    require specified(input.threat_model)
    require specified(input.security_goal)
    check correctness_constraints
    check security_assumptions
    check parameter_and_key_requirements
    check randomness_and_nonce_policy
    check protocol_composition
    check implementation_and_side_channels
    output Assessment(claims, evidence, limitations, confidence)

8. INFERENCE RULES
  R1: Valid AEAD verification + correct key management -> authenticated decryption claim within the threat model.
  R2: Encryption correctness alone -/-> confidentiality.
  R3: Hash collision resistance alone -/-> password-storage suitability.
  R4: Valid signature verification -/-> real-world identity without trusted key binding.
  R5: Secure primitive + insecure protocol composition -/-> secure protocol.
  R6: Mathematical proof -/-> side-channel-safe implementation.
  R7: Broken assumption -> dependent security claim requires reassessment.

9. SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE
  'symmetric-key cryptography' ~= 'secret-key cryptography' [context-dependent terminology]
  'public-key cryptography' ~= 'asymmetric cryptography'
  'message authentication code' ~= 'MAC' [same technical concept]
  'encryption' != 'hashing'
  'encoding' != 'encryption'
  'authentication' != 'authorisation'
  'integrity' != 'confidentiality'

10. VALIDATION
  V1: All operations have compatible input/output types.
  V2: Encryption/decryption and signing/verification correctness tested.
  V3: Security model, assumptions and adversary capabilities explicitly stated.
  V4: Parameters, key sizes and algorithms reviewed against current guidance.
  V5: Nonce, randomness and key lifecycle constraints enforced.
  V6: Failure states are explicit and fail closed.
  V7: Claims distinguish provable, empirical and implementation evidence.
  V8: Security assessments are versioned and periodically revisited.

11. CONFIDENCE
  CONFIDENCE := evidence-weighted assessment, not a mathematical security guarantee.
  Evidence categories: formal proof | independent review | test vector | implementation audit | deployment observation.
  Missing evidence -> unknown; never automatically assign certainty.

12. FLOW_HASH
  FLOW_HASH := SHA-256(canonical UTF-8 serialisation of the flow specification excluding FLOW_HASH's own value).
  Hash must be computed after canonicalisation; no uncomputed hash is asserted here.

13. UPDATE_MODEL
  Triggers: new cryptanalysis, withdrawn standard, parameter deprecation, implementation vulnerability, protocol revision.
  Process: ingest -> validate source -> identify affected entities -> revise claims -> version -> recompute hash -> publish.
  Preserve previous versions and provenance for auditability.

14. AI_CONSUMPTION
  machine_readable: true
  domain: discrete_mathematics.cryptography
  extraction: typed_entities + operations + claims + dependencies + validation
  reasoning_mode: assumption-aware, evidence-bounded
  prohibited_inference: do not infer real-world security solely from abstract correctness.
  attribution: Mark Higgins — Sky (Recursive AI) | https://kirethresearch.org

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