Cryptography Made Simple

• Main Author: Smart, Nigel P. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Information Security and Cryptography,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Data structures (Computer science).; Computer science > Mathematics.; Discrete mathematics.; System safety.; Computer Science.; Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory.; Mathematics of Computing.; Security Science and Technology.; Discrete Mathematics.

In this introductory textbook the author explains the key topics in cryptography. He takes a modern approach, where defining what is meant by "secure" is as important as creating something that achieves that goal, and security definitions are central to the discussion throughout. The chapt...

Table of Contents:

• Modular Arithmetic, Groups, Finite Fields and Probability
• Elliptic Curves
• Historical Ciphers
• The Enigma Machine
• Information Theoretic Security
• Historical Stream Ciphers
• Modern Stream Ciphers
• Block Ciphers
• Symmetric Key Distribution
• Hash Functions and Message Authentication Codes
• Basic Public Key Encryption Algorithms
• Primality Testing and Factoring
• Discrete Logarithms
• Key Exchange and Signature Schemes
• Implementation Issues
• Obtaining Authentic Public Keys
• Attacks on Public Key Schemes
• Definitions of Security
• Complexity Theoretic Approaches
• Provable Security: With Random Oracles
• Hybrid Encryption
• Provable Security: Without Random Oracles
• Secret Sharing Schemes
• Commitments and Oblivious Transfer
• Zero-Knowledge Proofs
• Secure Multiparty Computation.