A Brief History of Cryptology and Cryptographic Algorithms

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Dooley, John F. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: SpringerBriefs in Computer Science,
• Θέματα: Computer science.; History.; Data structures (Computer science).; Computers.; Computer Science.; History of Computing.; Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory.; History of Science.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.