Overview
- More than half of the book is devoted to conventional cryptography whereas other textbooks concentrate only on public key cryptography
- Many algorithms and proofs that are not available in other textbooks
- Standards that are difficult to find in other textbooks, e.g., security in Bluetooth, SSH2
- Free on-line exercises
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents(12 chapters)
About this book
A Classical Introduction to Cryptography: Applications for Communications Security introduces fundamentals of information and communication security by providing appropriate mathematical concepts to prove or break the security of cryptographic schemes.
This advanced-level textbook covers conventional cryptographic primitives and cryptanalysis of these primitives; basic algebra and number theory for cryptologists; public key cryptography and cryptanalysis of these schemes; and other cryptographic protocols, e.g. secret sharing, zero-knowledge proofs and undeniable signature schemes.
A Classical Introduction to Cryptography: Applications for Communications Security is designed for upper-level undergraduate and graduate-level students in computer science. This book is also suitable for researchers and practitioners in industry. A separate exercise/solution booklet is available as well, please go to www.springeronline.com under author: Vaudenay for additional details on how to purchase this booklet.
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"This impressive hardback introduces fundamentals of information and communications security by providing mathematical concepts to prove or break the security of cryptographic schemes. … The book is designed for upper-level undergraduates and graduate level students in computer science. This comprehensive volume is also suitable for researchers and practitioners in industry." (Cryptologia, Vol. 30, 2006)
"This book presents, using a chronological order, both conventional cryptography and public-key cryptography, as well as the two sides of cryptanalysis: adversary modelling and proof reduction. … This advanced-level textbook is recommended for those interested in cryptography and its applications: students, researchers, computer scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and practitioners in industry." (Michael M. Dediu, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2007 b)
Authors and Affiliations
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Swiss Federal Institute of Technologies (EPFL), Switzerland
Serge Vaudenay
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A Classical Introduction to Cryptography
Book Subtitle: Applications for Communications Security
Authors: Serge Vaudenay
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b136373
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-25464-7Published: 16 September 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-3797-1Published: 29 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-25880-5Published: 19 December 2005
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 336
Topics: Cryptology, Data Structures and Information Theory, Computer Communication Networks, Coding and Information Theory, Input/Output and Data Communications, Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks