Brief History of Cryptology - Hardcover

Boone, J. V.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1591140846 ISBN 13: 9781591140849

Publisher: Naval Institute Press, 2005

Synopsis

This concise and comprehensive work makes clear the relationship among the three parts of the encryption triad - cryptology, communications, and computers. As former Secretary of Defense William J. Perry writes in his foreword to this book, it ‘tells in one easily accessible condensed form the remarkable story of how encryption techniques have evolved through the centuries and the even more remarkable story of how human ingenuity and computer technology have been used to decrypt ever more complex encrypted messages’.

About this title

Synopsis:

Retired from the US military and National Security Agency, and private enterprise, Boone noticed that when technical specialists talk about cryptology the science and art of making and breaking codes or cyphers they generally talk to each other and confuse everyone else. So, he set out to create a bridge between the technical aspects, mostly comple

About the Author:

<strong>J. V. Boone</strong>, a former U.S. Air Force officer, worked at NSA for many years, including serving as deputy director for research and engineering and later was vice president and general manager of the Electronic Systems Group at TRW Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Naval Institute Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1591140846
• ISBN 13: 9781591140849
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272