Craig P Bauer

Secret History

The Story of Cryptology

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Most available cryptology books primarily focus on either mathematics or history. Breaking this mold, Secret History gives a thorough yet accessible treatment of both the mathematics and history of cryptology. Requiring minimal mathematical prerequisites, the book presents the mathematics in sufficient detail and weaves the history throughout the chapters. In addition to the fascinating historical and political sides of cryptology, the author-a former Scholar-in-Residence at the U.S. National Security Agency Center for Cryptologic History-includes interesting instances of codes and ciphers in crime, literature, music, and art.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 620
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 161mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 998g
• ISBN-13: 9781466561861
• ISBN-10: 1466561866
• Artikelnr.: 36626637

Autorenporträt

Craig P. Bauer is an associate professor of mathematics at York College of Pennsylvania and the editor-in-chief of Cryptologia. He was the 2011-2012 Scholar-in-Residence at the National Security Agency (NSA) Center for Cryptologic History, where he wrote several papers for NSA journals, gave a large number of lectures, and made substantial progress on a second book focused on unsolved codes and ciphers. He earned a Ph.D. in mathematics from North Carolina State University.

Inhaltsangabe

CLASSICAL CRYPTOLOGY: Ancient Roots. Monalphabetic Substitution Ciphers, or
MASCs: Disguises for Messages. Simple Progression to an Unbreakable Cipher.
Transposition Ciphers. Shakespeare, Jefferson, and JFK. World War I and
Herbert O. Yardley. Matrix Encryption. World War II: The Enigma of Germany.
Cryptologic War against Japan. MODERN CRYPTOLOGY: Claude Shannon. National
Security Agency. Data Encryption Standard. Birth of Public Key
Cryptography. Attacking RSA. Primality Testing and Complexity Theory.
Authenticity. Pretty Good Privacy. Stream Ciphers. Suite B All-Stars.
Possible Futures. Index.