Introduction to Cryptography Principles and Applications /

• Main Authors: Delfs, Hans (Author), Knebl, Helmut (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 3rd ed. 2015.
• Series: Information Security and Cryptography,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer security.; Data structures (Computer science).; Computer science > Mathematics.; Number theory.; Computer Science.; Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory.; Number Theory.; Systems and Data Security.; Mathematics of Computing.

The first part of this book covers the key concepts of cryptography on an undergraduate level, from encryption and digital signatures to cryptographic protocols. Essential techniques are demonstrated in protocols for key exchange, user identification, electronic elections and digital cash. In the se...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Symmetric-Key Encryption
• Public-Key Cryptography
• Cryptographic Protocols
• Probabilistic Algorithms
• One-Way Functions and the Basic Assumptions
• Bit Security of One-Way Functions
• One-Way Functions and Pseudorandomness
• Provably Secure Encryption
• Unconditional Security of Cryptosystems
• Provably Secure Digital Signatures
• App. A, Algebra and Number Theory
• App. B, Probabilities and Information Theory
• References
• Index.