An introduction to cryptography. (©2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Richard A. Mollin.
• Other Names: Mollin, Richard A, 1947-
• Contents: Preface; ; MATHEMATICAL BASICS; Divisibility; Primes, Primality Testing, and Induction; An Introduction to Congruences; Euler, Fermat, and Wilson; Primitive Roots; The Index Calculus and Power Residues; Legendre, Jacobi, & Quadratic Reciprocity; Complexity; ; CRYPTOGRAPHIC BASICS; Definitions and Illustrations; Classic Ciphers; Stream Ciphers; LFSRs; Modes of Operation; Attacks; ; DES AND AES; S-DES and DES; AES; ; PUBLIC-KEY CRYPTOGRAPHY; The Ideas behind PKC; Digital Envelopes and PKCs; RSA; ElGamal; DSA - The DSS; ; PRIMALITY TESTING; True Primality Tests; Probabilistic Primality Tests; Recognizing Primes; ; FACTORING; Classical Factorization Methods; The Continued Fraction Algorithm; Pollard's Algorithms; The Quadratic Sieve; The Elliptic Curve Method (ECM); ; ELECTRONIC MAIL AND INTERNET SECURITY; History of the Internet and the WWW; Pretty Good Privacy (PGP); Protocol Layers and SSL; Internetworking and Security - Firewalls; Client-Server Model and Cookies; ; LEADING-EDGE APPLICATIONS; Login and Network Security; Viruses and Other Infections; Smart Cards; Biometrics
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : Chapman & Hall/CRC
• Publication Date: 2007
• Copyright Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 413 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 003/.54; Coding theory -- Textbooks; Coding theory; Textbooks
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781420011241; 1420011243; 1584886188; 9781584886181
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-383) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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