Introduction to cryptolology and PC security / Brian Beckett.
By: Beckett, Brian.
Material type: BookPublisher: New York : McGraw-Hill Pub, 1997Description: xiv, 344 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 007709235X.Subject(s): Computer security | Data protection | CryptographyDDC classification: 001.5436Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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#Updated ed. of: Introduction to cryptology. 1988.#Includes bibliographical references and index.
Updated ed. of: Introduction to cryptology. 1988.
Includes bibliographical references (page 346) and index.
Security and integrity -- Keys and key security -- Password security -- Puzzles, games and ciphers -- Character sets and cryptography -- Linear substitution -- Elementary cryptanalysis -- Polyalphabetics -- Prime and relatively prime numbers -- Powers roots and inverses -- Galois fields -- Polygramic encryption -- Random and pseudorandom maps -- Chaotic numbers -- DES and IDEA -- Public key cryptology -- The RSA algorithm -- Strong security -- Passwords, dictionaries and conclusions.