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Codes and Ciphers : Julius Caesar, the ENIGMA, and the Internet.
The design of code and cipher systems has undergone major changes in modern times, not least due to the advent of e-commerce. This book will appeal to anyone interested in codes and ciphers as used by private individuals, spies, governments and industry throughout history and right up to the present...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2001.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 From Julius Caesar to simple substitution; 3 Polyalphabetic systems; 4 Jigsaw ciphers; 5 Two-letter ciphers; 6 Codes; 7 Ciphers for spies; 8 Producing random numbers and letters; 9 The Enigma cipher machine; 10 The Hagelin cipher machine; 11 Beyond the Enigma; 12 Public key cryptography; 13 Encipherment and the internet; Appendix Mathematical aspects; Solutions to problems; References; Name index; Subject index.