A Brief History of Cryptology and Cryptographic Algorithms
The science of cryptology is made up of two halves. Cryptography is the study of how to create secure systems for communications. Cryptanalysis is the study of how to break those systems. The conflict between these two halves of cryptology is the story of secret writing. For over two thousand years...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2013, 2013
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2013 |
| Series: | SpringerBriefs in Computer Science
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: A Revolutionary Cipher
- Cryptology Before 1500: A Bit of Magic
- The Black Chambers: 1500 – 1776
- Crypto goes to War: 1861 – 1865
- Crypto and the War to End All Wars: 1914 – 1917
- The Interwar Period: 1919 – 1939
- The Coming of the Machines: 1918 – 1945
- The Machines Take Over: Computer Cryptography
- Alice and Bob and Whit and Martin: Public Key Crypto