Public-Key Cryptography / Edition 2

by Arto Salomaa

Overview

Cryptography, secret writing, is enjoying a scientific renaissance following the seminal discovery in 1977 of public-key cryptography and applications in computers and communications. This book gives a broad overview of public-key cryptography - its essence and advantages, various public-key cryptosystems, and prools - as well as a comprehensive introduction to classical cryptography and cryptoanalysis. The second edition has been revised and enlarged especially in its treatment of cryptographic prools. From a review of the first edition: "This is a comprehensive review ... there can be no doubt that this will be accepted as a standard text. At the same time, it is clearly and entertainingly written ... and can certainly stand alone." Alex M. Andrew, Kybernetes, March 1992

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783540613565
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	10/25/1996
Series:	Texts in Theoretical Computer Science. An EATCS Series
Edition description:	2nd enlarged ed. 1996
Pages:	275
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

1. Classical Two-Way Cryptography.- 2. The Idea of Public Keys.- 3. Knapsack Systems.- 4. RSA.- 5. Other Bases of Cryptosystems.- 6. Cryptographic Prools: Surprising Vistas for Communication.- Appendix A. Tutorial in Complexity Theory.- Appendix B. Tutorial in Number Theory.- Problems.- Historical and Bibliographical Remarks.- References.

Editorial Reviews

Secret writing has become the object of extensive scientific studies because of new applications to data security, and, even more so, because of vistas opened by public-key cryptography which allows messages to be sent "padlocked" with the receiver's personal "lock". Covered in this self-contained text/reference are the essences and advantages of public key cryptography and various public key cryptosystems and protocols, along with an introduction to classical cryptography and cryptanalysis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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