Decrypted secrets : methods and maxims of cryptology /
Cryptology, for millennia a "secret science", is rapidly gaining in practical importance for the protection of communication channels, databases, and software. Beside its role in computerized information systems (public key systems), more and more applications inside computer systems and n...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; New York :
Springer,
[1997]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Cryptology, for millennia a "secret science", is rapidly gaining in practical importance for the protection of communication channels, databases, and software. Beside its role in computerized information systems (public key systems), more and more applications inside computer systems and networks are appearing, which also extend to access rights and source file protection. The first part of this book treats secret codes and their uses - cryptography. The second part deals with the process of covertly decrypting a secret code - cryptanalysis - where in particular advice on assessing methods is given. The book presupposes only elementary mathematical knowledge. Spiced with a wealth of exciting, amusing, and sometimes personal stories from the history of cryptology, it will also interest general readers. |
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| Item Description: | "With 166 figures, 26 tables and 16 color plates." Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 447 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [428]-430) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783662034521 (electronic bk.) 3662034522 (electronic bk.) |