Secret history : the story of cryptology /: the story of cryptology. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Craig P. Bauer.
• Authors: Bauer, Craig P
• Contents: Part I: Classical Cryptology 1. Monoalphabetic Substitution Ciphers, or MASCs: Disguises for Messages 2. Simple Progression to an Unbreakable Cipher 3. Transposition Ciphers 4. Shakespeare, Jefferson, and JFK 5. World War I and Herbert O. Yardley 6. Matrix Encryption 7. World War II: The Enigma of Germany 8. Cryptologic War against Japan 9. SIGABA: World War II Defense 10. Enciphering Speech Part II: Modern Cryptology 11. Claude Shannon 12. National Security Agency 13. The Data Encryption Standard 14. The Birth of Public Key Cryptography 15. Attacking RSA 16. Primality Testing and Complexity Theory 17. Authenticity 18. Pretty Good Privacy and Bad Politics 19. Stream Ciphers 20. Suite B All-Stars 21. Toward Tomorrow
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : Chapman & Hall/CRC
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 005.82; Data encryption (Computer science); Computer security; Cryptography -- History; Ciphers
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351668491; 9781351668507; 9781315162539
• Related ISBNs: 9781138061231
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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