Basic Methods of Cryptography
Basic Methods of Cryptography
Out of Print
This text covers the fundamentals of cryptography, which is concerned with methods of security in the storage and transmission of information. Computers are now found in every layer of society, and information is being communicated and processed automatically on a large scale. Examples include medical and financial files, automatic banking, video-phones, pay-tv, facsimiles, tele-shopping, and global computer networks. In all these cases there is a growing need for the protection of information to safeguard economic interests, to prevent fraud and to ensure privacy. In this book, the fundamentals of secure storage and transportation of information are described. Among other things, attention is given to symmetric (DES) and asymmetric (RSA) cryptographic algorithms, which are suitable for data security, to methods for authentication, data integrity and digital signatures, key management and to network aspects. The book will be of value to advanced students and researchers involved in data protection and information processing, including electrical engineers, mathematicians, business managers, system designers, application programmers, information analysts and security officers.
- Surveys all important current methods of cryptography
- Concise text, class tested
- Accessible level of mathematics
Reviews & endorsements
'… was captivated reading it. The book is clearly written and should be very accessible to any graduate student, although I would … slightly more formal and precise mathematical style.' H. Inamori, Contemporary Physics
Product details
May 1998Paperback
9780521555593
243 pages
229 × 152 × 18 mm
0.4kg
84 b/w illus. 15 tables
Unavailable - out of print
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction to cryptology
- 2. Classical cipher systems
- 3. The information theoretical approach
- 4. The data encryption standard
- 5. Shift-registers
- 6. Public cipher systems
- 7. Authentication and integrity
- 8. Key management and network security.
