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A Cryptography Primer: Secrets and Promises
Contributor(s): Klein, Philip N. (Author)

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ISBN: 1139084771     ISBN-13: 9781139084772
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE: $191.25  

Binding Type: Open Ebook - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Computers | Security - Cryptography
Dewey: 005.82
 
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Cryptography has been employed in war and diplomacy from the time of Julius Caesar. In our Internet age, cryptography's most widespread application may be for commerce, from protecting the security of electronic transfers to guarding communication from industrial espionage. This accessible introduction for undergraduates explains the cryptographic protocols for achieving privacy of communication and the use of digital signatures for certifying the validity, integrity, and origin of a message, document, or program. Rather than offering a how-to on configuring web browsers and e-mail programs, the author provides a guide to the principles and elementary mathematics underlying modern cryptography, giving readers a look under the hood for security techniques and the reasons they are thought to be secure.

Contributor Bio(s): Klein, Philip N.: - Philip N. Klein is Professor of Computer Science at Brown University. He was a recipient of the National Science Foundation's Presidential Young Investigator Award, and has received multiple research grants from the National Science Foundation. He has been made an ACM Fellow in recognition of his contributions to research on graph algorithms. He is a recipient of Brown University's Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Sciences.
 
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