Understanding Cryptography

Provides a comprehensive understanding of modern applied cryptography Offers new chapters on SHA-3 and post-quantum cryptography Includes examples, problems, and chapter reviews, as well as an associated website

Auteur

The authors have more than 20 years' experience teaching cryptography at various universities in the US and Europe. In addition to being renowned scientists, they have extensive experience with applying cryptography in industry, from which they have drawn important lessons for their teaching.

Contenu
Introduction to Cryptography and Data Security.- Stream Ciphers.- The Data Encryption Standard (DES) and Alternatives.- The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES).- More About Block Ciphers.- Introduction to Public-Key Cryptography.- The RSA Cryptosystem.- Public-Key Cryptosystems Based on the Discrete Logarithm Problem.- Elliptic curve Cryptosystems.- Digital Signatures.- Hash Functions.- SHA-3 (Secure Hashing Algorithm).- Message Authentication Codes (MACs).- Key Establishment.- Post-Quantum Cryptography.