Introduction to cryptolology and PC security /
Brian Beckett.
- New York : McGraw-Hill Pub, 1997.
- xiv, 344 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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.