Cryptography: Theory and Practice, Third Edition (Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications) - Hardcover

Stinson, Douglas R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1584882069 ISBN 13: 9781584882060

Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2002

Synopsis

The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), elliptic curve DSA, the secure hash algorithm...these and other major advances made in recent years precipitated this comprehensive revision of the standard-setting text and reference, Cryptography: Theory and Practice. Now more tightly focused on the core areas, it contains many additional topics as well as thoroughly updated treatments of topics presented in the first edition. There is increased emphasis on general concepts, but the outstanding features that first made this a bestseller all remain, including its mathematical rigor, numerous examples, pseudocode descriptions of algorithms, and clear, precise explanations.

Highlights of the Second Edition:

Explains the latest Federal Information Processing Standards, including the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), the Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA-1), and the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA)

Uses substitution-permutation networks to introduce block cipher design and analysis concepts

Explains both linear and differential cryptanalysis

Presents the Random Oracle model for hash functions

Addresses semantic security of RSA and Optional Asymmetric Encryption Padding

Discusses Wiener's attack on low decryption exponent RSA

Overwhelmingly popular and relied upon in its first edition, now, more than ever, Cryptography: Theory and Practice provides an introduction to the field ideal for upper-level students in both mathematics and computer science.

More highlights of the Second Edition:

Provably secure signature schemes: Full Domain Hash

Universal hash families

Expanded treatment of message authentication codes

More discussions on elliptic curves

Lower bounds for the complexity of generic algorithms for the discrete logarithm problem

Expanded treatment of factoring algorithms

Security definitions for signature schemes

About this title

Review

"This is a book that will give the professional the data needed to implement cryptographic software, and the mathematician hints on both code breaking and creating." - Books-on-Line About the First Edition: "If you want an in-depth mathematical treatise[Cryptography] is probably the most professional resource. It has an excellent introduction to the early systems, including a description of Claude Shannon's workThe material on hash functions is very detailed." -PC Update "My favorite of the current crop of undergraduate books is the second edition of Cryptography: Theory and Practice by Douglas Stinson. If I were learning/teaching cryptography for the first time to a class of undergraduate math majors, this is the book I would use." - Bulletin of the AMS "A comprehensive textbook that deals with all important core areas of modern cryptography...useful in a wide variety of approaches to the subject." - Cryptologia

About the Author

Stinson; Douglas University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada,

Edition details

• Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1584882069
• ISBN 13: 9781584882060
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 360