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02887 a2200265 4500 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781466561861 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
005.82 |
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B2S3 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Bauer, Craig P. |
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234427 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Secret history: the story of cryptology |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2013 |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
CRC Press |
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London |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xxv, 594 p. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE |
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UKP |
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44.99 |
| 440 ## - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE |
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| Title |
Discrete mathematics and its applications |
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58420 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Most available cryptology books primarily focus on either mathematics or history. Breaking this mold, Secret History: The Story of Cryptology gives a thorough yet accessible treatment of both the mathematics and history of cryptology. Requiring minimal mathematical prerequisites, the book presents the mathematics in sufficient detail and weaves the history throughout the chapters. In addition to the fascinating historical and political sides of cryptology, the author—a former Scholar-in-Residence at the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) Center for Cryptologic History—includes interesting instances of codes and ciphers in crime, literature, music, and art.<br/>Following a mainly chronological development of concepts, the book focuses on classical cryptology in the first part. It covers Greek and Viking cryptography, the Vigenère cipher, the one-time pad, transposition ciphers, Jefferson’s cipher wheel, the Playfair cipher, ADFGX, matrix encryption, World War II cipher systems (including a detailed examination of Enigma), and many other classical methods introduced before World War II.<br/>The second part of the book examines modern cryptology. The author looks at the work of Claude Shannon and the origin and current status of the NSA, including some of its Suite B algorithms such as elliptic curve cryptography and the Advanced Encryption Standard. He also details the controversy that surrounded the Data Encryption Standard and the early years of public key cryptography. The book not only provides the how-to of the Diffie-Hellman key exchange and RSA algorithm, but also covers many attacks on the latter. Additionally, it discusses Elgamal, digital signatures, PGP, and stream ciphers and explores future directions such as quantum cryptography and DNA computing.<br/>With numerous real-world examples and extensive references, this book skillfully balances the historical aspects of cryptology with its mathematical details. It provides readers with a sound foundation in this dynamic field.<br/> |
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Data encryption (Computer science) |
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85173 |
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Computer security |
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56817 |
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Cryptography - History |
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234195 |
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Ciphers |
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158828 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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COMPUTERS / Security / Cryptography |
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234196 |
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MATHEMATICS / General |
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234197 |
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MATHEMATICS / Combinatorics |
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234198 |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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Rosen, Kenneth. H. |
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Series editor |
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234199 |
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Books |
