Bauer Decrypted Secrets

Methods and Maxims of Cryptology
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-3-662-03452-1
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 449 Seiten, Web PDF

Reihe: Computer Science

This exciting and amusing text on cryptology deals with secret codes and their use and with how to decrypt a secret code. The author is an internationally recognized master of the art and the German edition of the book was a great success - "The best single book on cryptology today," said David Kahn in the journal Cryptologia of the 1994 edition.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bauer, F.L.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introductory Synopsis.- 2 Aims and Methods of Cryptography.- 3 Encryption Steps: Simple Substitution.- 4 Encryption Steps: Polygraphic Substitution and Coding.- 5 Encryption Steps: Linear Substitution.- 6 Encryption Steps: Transposition.- 7 Polyalphabetic Encryption: Families of Alphabets.- 8 Polyalphabetic Encryption: Keys.- 9 Composition of Classes of Methods.- 10 Open Encryption Key Systems.- 11 Encryption Security.- 12 Exhausting Combinatorial Complexity.- 13 Anatomy of Language: Patterns.- 14 Polyalphabetic Case: Probable Words.- 15 Anatomy of Language: Frequencies.- 16 Kappa and Chi.- 17 Periodicity Examination.- 18 Alignment of Accompanying Alphabets.- 19 Compromises.- 20 Linear Basis Analysis.- 21 Anagramming.- 22 Concluding Remarks.- Appendix: Axiomatic Information Theory.- Photo Credits.