Cryptography : theory and practice / Douglas R. Stinson.
By: Stinson, Douglas R. (Douglas Robert)
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BookSeries: CRC Press series on discrete mathematics and its applications: Publisher: Boca Raton : CRC Press, 1995Description: 434 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0849385210.Subject(s): Coding theory | CryptographyDDC classification: 005.82 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 005.82 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00010027 | ||
| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 005.82 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00085995 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Cryptography is an outstanding book that covers all the major areas of cryptography in a readable, mathematically precise form. Several chapters deal with especially active areas of research and give the reader a quick introduction and overview of the basic results in the area.
Cryptography provides the mathematical theory that is necessary in order to understand how the various systems work. Most algorithms are presented in the form of pseudocode, together with examples and informal discussion of the underlying ideas. The book gives careful and comprehensive treatment of all the essential core areas of cryptography. Also, several chapters present recent topics that have not received thorough treatment in previous textbooks. Such topics include authentication codes, secret sharing schemes, identification schemes, and key distribution.
Bibliography: (pages 413-427) and index.
Classical cryptography -- Shannon's theory -- The data encryption standard -- The RSA system and factoring -- Other public-key cryptosystems -- Signature schemes -- Hash functions -- Key distribution and key agreement -- Identification schemes -- Authentication codes -- Secret sharing schemes -- Pseudo-random number generation -- Zero-knowledge proofs.