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Although recently they've become most closely associated with computer security, the art and science of cryptography have histories and applications stretching along disciplines and millennia. Mollin (mathematics, U. of Calgary, Canada) creates an accessible survey of that history from antiquit...

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Main Author: Mollin, Richard A., 1947-
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Boca Raton : Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2005.
Series:Discrete mathematics and its applications.
Subjects:
Computer security.
Data encryption (Computer science)
Computer Security
Sécurité informatique.
Chiffrement (Informatique)
COMPUTERS > Security > Cryptography.
Computer security
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Although recently they've become most closely associated with computer security, the art and science of cryptography have histories and applications stretching along disciplines and millennia. Mollin (mathematics, U. of Calgary, Canada) creates an accessible survey of that history from antiquity to the present, but rightly devotes most of his effor.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 678 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 605-626) and index.
ISBN:1420035088
9781420035087
9780429146213
0429146213
1280512857
9781280512858
9786610512850
661051285X