Craig P Bauer

Secret History

The Story of Cryptology

• Broschiertes 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 hist

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 620
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 857g
• ISBN-13: 9781032918198
• ISBN-10: 1032918195
• Artikelnr.: 71583204

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.