Codes : the guide to secrecy from ancient to modern times /: the guide to secrecy from ancient to modern times. (2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Richard A. Mollin.
• Other Names: Mollin, Richard A, 1947-
• Contents: From the riddles of ancient Egypt to cryptography in the Renaissance -- 3500 years in the making -- From sixteenth-century cryptography to the new millennium -- the last 500 years -- Symmetric-key cryptography -- Public-key cryptography -- Cryptographic protocols -- Key management -- Message authentication -- Electronic mail and internet security -- Applications and the future -- Noncryptographic security issues -- Information theory and coding -- Appendix A: Mathematical facts -- Appendix B: Pseudorandom number generation -- Appendix C: Factoring large integers -- Appendix D: Technical and advanced details -- Appendix E: Probability theory -- Appendix F: Recognizing primes -- Appendix G: Exercises.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : Chapman & Hall/CRC
• Publication Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (xx, 678 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 005.8/2; Computer security; Data encryption (Computer science); Sécurité informatique; Chiffrement (Informatique); COMPUTERS -- Security -- Cryptography; Computer security; Data encryption (Computer science); Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1420035088; 9781420035087
• Related ISBNs: 9781584884705; 1584884703
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 605-626) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.