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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dooley, John F. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
Colección:SpringerBriefs in Computer Science,
Temas:
Computers-History.
Data structures (Computer science).
Information theory.
Science-History.
History of Computing.
Data Structures and Information Theory.
History of Science.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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