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Decrypted Secrets Methods and Maxims of Cryptology

Cryptology, for millennia a "secret science", is rapidly gaining in practical importance for the protection of communication channels, databases, and software. Beside its role in computerized information systems (public key systems), more and more applications inside computer systems and n...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bauer, F.L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1997, 1997
Edition:1st ed. 1997
Subjects:
Coding And Information Theory
Number Theory
Coding Theory
Cryptography
Information Theory
Data Encryption (computer Science)
Cryptology
Online Access:
Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introductory Synopsis
  • 2 Aims and Methods of Cryptography
  • 3 Encryption Steps: Simple Substitution
  • 4 Encryption Steps: Polygraphic Substitution and Coding
  • 5 Encryption Steps: Linear Substitution
  • 6 Encryption Steps: Transposition
  • 7 Polyalphabetic Encryption: Families of Alphabets
  • 8 Polyalphabetic Encryption: Keys
  • 9 Composition of Classes of Methods
  • 10 Open Encryption Key Systems
  • 11 Encryption Security
  • 12 Exhausting Combinatorial Complexity
  • 13 Anatomy of Language: Patterns
  • 14 Polyalphabetic Case: Probable Words
  • 15 Anatomy of Language: Frequencies
  • 16 Kappa and Chi
  • 17 Periodicity Examination
  • 18 Alignment of Accompanying Alphabets
  • 19 Compromises
  • 20 Linear Basis Analysis
  • 21 Anagramming
  • 22 Concluding Remarks
  • Appendix: Axiomatic Information Theory
  • Photo Credits

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