Cryptography: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) - Softcover

Piper, Fred C.; Murphy, Sean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192803158 ISBN 13: 9780192803153

Verlag: Oxford University Press, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

This book is a clear and informative introduction to cryptography and data protection--subjects of considerable social and political importance. It explains what algorithms do, how they are used, the risks associated with using them, and why governments should be concerned.

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Fred Piper has been a Professor of Mathematics at the University of London since 1975 and has worked in security since 1979. In 1985 he formed a company, Codes & Ciphers Ltd., which offers consultancy advice in all aspects of information security.He has lectured worldwide on a wide range of topics in information security, both academically and comercially.

Sean Murphy is currently a Reader in the Information Security Group. His research interests centre on cryptology, especially encryption algorithms. He published some of the early papers on differential cryptanalysis, and has written papers on a variety of cryptographic algorithms such as DES, FEAL, IDEA, SAFER and Twofish.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0192803158
• ISBN 13: 9780192803153
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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