A Cryptography Primer (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781107017887)

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.

Author: Philip N. Klein
ISBN-10: 1107017882
ISBN-13: 9781107017887
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/17/2014
Pages: 186
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d