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Decrypted Secrets

Methods and Maxims of Cryptology

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  • © 1997

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Authors:
  1. Friedrich L. Bauer

    1. Department of Computer Science, Munich Institute of Technology, München, Germany

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  • interest the general reader as well as the professional cryptologist.

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Cryptography

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-7
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    2. Introductory Synopsis

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      Pages 8-24

    3. Aims and Methods of Cryptography

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      Pages 25-41

    4. Encryption Steps: Simple Substitution

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      Pages 42-55

    5. Encryption Steps: Polygraphic Substitution and Coding

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      Pages 56-76

    6. Encryption Steps: Linear Substitution

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      Pages 77-89

    7. Encryption Steps: Transposition

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      Pages 90-99

    8. Polyalphabetic Encryption: Families of Alphabets

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      Pages 100-121

    9. Polyalphabetic Encryption: Keys

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      Pages 122-146

    10. Composition of Classes of Methods

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      Pages 147-169

    11. Open Encryption Key Systems

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      Pages 170-185

    12. Encryption Security

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      Pages 186-204

  3. Cryptanalysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 205-207
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    2. Exhausting Combinatorial Complexity

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      Pages 208-222

    3. Anatomy of Language: Patterns

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      Pages 223-238

    4. Polyalphabetic Case: Probable Words

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      Pages 239-257

    5. Anatomy of Language: Frequencies

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      Pages 258-287

    6. Kappa and Chi

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      Pages 288-297

    7. Periodicity Examination

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      Pages 298-316
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About this book

Cryptology, for millennia a "secret science", is rapidly gaining in practical importance for the protection of communication channels, databases, and software. Beside its role in computerized information systems (public key systems), more and more applications inside computer systems and networks are appearing, which also extend to access rights and source file protection. The first part of this book treats secret codes and their uses - cryptography. The second part deals with the process of covertly decrypting a secret code - cryptanalysis - where in particular advice on assessing methods is given. The book presupposes only elementary mathematical knowledge. Spiced with a wealth of exciting, amusing, and sometimes personal stories from the history of cryptology, it will also interest general readers.

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"the best single book on cryptology today" David Kahn, author of the classic, "The Codebreakers"

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Computer Science, Munich Institute of Technology, München, Germany

    Friedrich L. Bauer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Decrypted Secrets

  • Book Subtitle: Methods and Maxims of Cryptology

  • Authors: Friedrich L. Bauer

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03452-1

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1997

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-03452-1Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 449

  • Topics: Cryptology, Coding and Information Theory, Number Theory

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