A Brief History of Cryptology and Cryptographic Algorithms

• Main Author: Dooley, John F. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Computer Science,
• Subjects: 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...