Handbook of Applied Cryptography
by Alfred J. Menezes, Paul C. Van Oorschot, Scott A. Vanstone
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Cryptography, in particular public-key cryptography, has emerged in the last 20 years as an important discipline that is not only the subject of an enormous amount of research, but provides the foundation for information security in many applications. Standards are emerging to meet the demands for cryptographic protection in most areas of data communications. Public-key cryptographic techniques are now in widespread use, especially in the financial services industry, in the public sector, show more and by individuals for their personal privacy, such as in electronic mail. This Handbook will serve as a valuable reference for the novice as well as for the expert who needs a wider scope of coverage within the area of cryptography. It is a necessary and timely guide for professionals who practice the art of cryptography. The Handbook of Applied Cryptography provides a treatment that is multifunctional:It serves as an introduction to the more practical aspects of both conventional and public-key cryptographyIt is a valuable source of the latest techniques and algorithms for the serious practitionerIt provides an integrated treatment of the field, while still presenting each major topic as a self-contained unitIt provides a mathematical treatment to accompany practical discussionsIt contains enough abstraction to be a valuable reference for theoreticians while containing enough detail to actually allow implementation of the algorithms discussedNow in its third printing, this is the definitive cryptography reference that the novice as well as experienced developers, designers, researchers, engineers, computer scientists, and mathematicians alike will use. show lessTags
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Good overview of cryptographic protocols. Gives the basics without touching on the actual implementation, handy for implementing algorithms in new languages.
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- Canonical title
- Handbook of Applied Cryptography
- Original publication date
- 1996-10
- Dedication
- To Archie and Lida Menezes
To Cornelis Henricus van Oorschot
and Maria Anna Buys van Vugt
To Margaret and Gordon Vanstone - First words
- This book is intended as a reference for professional cryptographers, presenting the techniques and algorithms of greatest interest to the current practitioner, along with the supporting motivation and background material.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Examples of pseudorandom number generators (PRNGs) which appear in U.S. standards include a DES-based PRNG in ANSI X917 (Appendix C), and two further methods in FIPS 186 (Appendix 3) based on both the Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA) and DES.
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- Technology, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 005.82 — Computer science, information & general works Computer science, knowledge & systems Artificial Intelligence/Virtual Reality Computer Security Cryptography and Steganography
- LCC
- QA76.9 .A25 .M463 — Science Mathematics Mathematics Instruments and machines Calculating machines Electronic computers. Computer science
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
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