"The best single book on cryptology today." --Cryptologia (from a review of a previous edition)
"It is an outstanding book that assumes only elementary mathematical knowledge and is interspersed with many exciting, amusing, and sometimes personal stories from the history of cryptology."
In today's unsafe and increasingly wired world cryptology plays a vital role in protecting communication channels, databases, and software from unwanted intruders. This revised and extended third edition of the classic reference work on cryptology now contains many new technical and biographical details. The first part treats secret codes and their uses - cryptography. The second part deals with the process of covertly decrypting a secret code - cryptanalysis, where particular advice on assessing methods is given. The book presupposes only elementary mathematical knowledge. Spiced with a wealth of exciting, amusing, and sometimes personal stories from the history of cryptology, it will also interest general readers.
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German
Deals with secret codes and their uses in cryptography. Deals with the process of covertly decrypting a secret code, where advice on assessing methods is given. Details on rotor machines, cipher teletype machines, and on key negotiation. DLC: Computer security.
About the Author
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. F.L. Bauer is an internationally celebrated authority and pioneer in computing, software engineering, mathematics and cryptology.
