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Everyday cryptography : fundamental principles and applications / Keith M. Martin.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017Edition: Second editionDescription: xxx, 674 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780198788010
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 652.8 MA.E 2017 23
LOC classification:
  • Z103 .M33 2017
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Contents:
Setting the scene. Basic principles -- Historical cryptosystems -- Theoretical versus practical security -- The cryptographic toolkit. Symmetric encryption -- Public-key encryption -- Data integrity Digital signature schemes -- Entity authentication -- Cryptographic protocols -- Key management. Public-key management -- Use of cryptography. Cryptographic applications -- Cryptography for personal devices -- Control of cryptography -- Mathematics appendix. Decimal, binary, and hex -- Modular arithmetic -- The mathematics of RSA -- The mathematics of ElGamal.
Summary: Cryptography is a vital technology that underpins the security of information in computer networks. This book presents a comprehensive introduction to the role that cryptography plays in providing information security for everyday technologies such as the internet, mobile phones, WiFi networks, payment cards, Tor, and Bitcoin.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 655-666) and index.

Setting the scene. Basic principles -- Historical cryptosystems -- Theoretical versus practical security -- The cryptographic toolkit. Symmetric encryption -- Public-key encryption -- Data integrity Digital signature schemes -- Entity authentication -- Cryptographic protocols -- Key management. Public-key management -- Use of cryptography. Cryptographic applications -- Cryptography for personal devices -- Control of cryptography -- Mathematics appendix. Decimal, binary, and hex -- Modular arithmetic -- The mathematics of RSA -- The mathematics of ElGamal.

Cryptography is a vital technology that underpins the security of information in computer networks. This book presents a comprehensive introduction to the role that cryptography plays in providing information security for everyday technologies such as the internet, mobile phones, WiFi networks, payment cards, Tor, and Bitcoin.

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