Modern cryptography
Subtitle: theory and practice
By: Wenbo Mao.
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 707
Subjects: Cryptography; Computers -- Access control; Data transmission systems -- Security measures
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 673-698) and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Introduction. Beginning with a simple communication game; title: Wrestling between safeguard and attack; title: pt. 2. Mathematical foundations. Probability and information theory; title: Computational complexity; title: Algebraic foundations; title: Number theory; title: pt. 3. Basic cryptographic techniques. Encryption: symmetric techniques; title: Encryption: asymmetric techniques; title: In an ideal world: bit security of the basic public-key cryptographic functions; title: Data integrity techniques; title: pt. 4. Authentication. Authentication protocols: principles; title: Authentication protocols: the real world; title: Authentication framework for public-key cryptography; title: pt. 5. Formal approaches to security establishment. Formal and strong security definitions for public-key cryptosystems; title: Provably secure and efficient public-key cryptosystems; title: Strong and provable security for digital signatures; title: Formal methods for authentication protocols analysis; title: pt. 6. Cryptographic protocols. Zero-knowlege protocols; title: Returning to "coin flipping over telephone"; title: Afterremark.