A Classical Introduction to Cryptography

Description:

A Classical Introduction to Cryptography: Applications for Communications Security introduces fundamentals of information and communication security by providing appropriate mathematical concepts to prove or break the security of cryptographic schemes. This advanced-level textbook covers conventional cryptographic primitives and cryptanalysis of these primitives; basic algebra and number theory for cryptologists; public key cryptography and cryptanalysis of these schemes; and other cryptographic protocols, e.g. secret sharing, zero-knowledge proofs and undeniable signature schemes. A Classical Introduction to Cryptography: Applications for Communications Security is rich with algorithms, including exhaustive search with time/memory tradeoffs; proofs, such as security proofs for DSA-like signature schemes; and classical attacks such as collision attacks on MD4. Hard-to-find standards, e.g. SSH2 and security in Bluetooth, are also included. A Classical Introduction to Cryptography: Applications for Communications Security is designed for upper-level undergraduate and graduate-level students in computer science. This book is also suitable for researchers and practitioners in industry. A separate exercise/solution booklet is available as well, please go to www.springeronline.com under author: Vaudenay for additional details on how to purchase this booklet.

subjects: Computer security,  Cryptography,  Computer science,  Data encryption (computer science),  Data structures (computer science),  Data transmission systems,  Computer network architectures,  Computer networks,  Coding theory,  Data encryption,  Data structures, cryptology and information theory,  Computer communication networks,  Coding and information theory,  Input/output and data communications,  Computer systems organization and communication networks,  Qa76.9.a25,  005.82,  Cryptology and Information Theory Data Structures