Beckett, Brian.

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.

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