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
Douglas R. Stinson's
Cryptography: Theory and Practice is a mathematically intensive examination of cryptography, including ciphers, the Data Encryption Standard (DES), public key cryptography, one-way hash functions, and digital signatures. Stinson's explication of "zero-sum proofs"--a process by which one person lets another person know that he or she has a password without actually revealing any information--is especially good.
If you are new to the math behind cryptography but want to tackle it, the author covers all of the required background to understand the real mathematics here. Cryptography includes extensive exercises with each chapter and makes an ideal introduction for any math-literate person willing to get acquainted with this material.
