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Cryptology
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**SCOPE**
Cryptology is the art and science of making and breaking codes                and ciphers. Cryptography is that part of cryptology concerned                with the putting of messages into a secret or encrypted form,                and cryptanalysis is the reading of encrypted messages without              having authorized knowledge of the key that was used in encryption. 

With advances in computers and telecommunications and increased                dependence on such systems, the use of cryptography has found                new applications in the lives of individuals and in the world                of commerce. Cryptography has proven to be the best technique                for protecting information transmitted through accessible communication                networks such as telephone lines, satellites, or microwave systems. 

Cryptology was once the domain of the government, especially                for military and diplomatic personnel, but it is more and more                becoming a mathematical discipline, as mathematics provides the                theoretical justification behind the strength of a particular                encryption system. While this makes possible much more interesting,                complicated, and sophisticated encryption systems, it also means                that a degree of mathematical expertise is required. 

This guide is not intended as a comprehensive bibliography.                Based on holdings of the Library of Congress, it is designed                -- as the name of the series implies -- to put the reader "on                target." Refer also to a related guide, Computer Crime and                Security (TB 94-1). 

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**INTRODUCTIONS TO THE TOPIC**
*Building in big brother: the cryptographic policy debate*.                Edited by Lance J. Hoffman. New York, Springer-Verlag, c1995.                560 p.   Includes bibliographical references. |