Security in Communication Networks
Subtitle: 4th International Conference, SCN 2004, Amalfi, Italy, September 8-10, 2004, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
Contributors: Carlo Blundo (Editor); Stelvio Cimato (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: March 24, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 381
ISBN-13: 9783540243014
Subjects: Data security & data encryption; Operating Systems - General; Computers; Computers - General Information; Computer Books: General; Computers / Security; Web service security; authentication; cryptoanalysis; cryptographic protocols; network security; privacy; Computer Science; Networking - General; Computer networks; Computer security; Congresses; Cryptography; Security measures
First sentence: A second (but incorrect) conclusion that one may draw from these observations is that research discipline cryptology has ran out of practical problem, and hence researchers now work on purely theoretical problems such as general multi-party computation, exotic protocols and on the question whether or not one-way functions exist.