Cryptography: Theory and Practice - Third Edition

Stinton, Douglas R.

ISBN 10: 1584885084 / ISBN 13: 9781584885085

Published by Chapman & Hall / CRC, Boca Ratan / New York, 2006

About this Item

Octavo. Red and black boards, black spine are all clean, bright, and glossy. Book has a nearly unnoticable bump at the tail of the spine and a faint trace of rubbing at the extreme tip of each of the two lower outside corners. White endpapers. Binding is straight and tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. 593 pages. Heavier than average book will require additional postage on orders requesting International or Priority shipping service. No dust jacket, as issued.

Seller Inventory # 012464

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cryptography: Theory and Practice - Third Edition
• Publisher: Chapman & Hall / CRC, Boca Ratan / New York
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1584885084
• ISBN 13: 9781584885085
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: Third Edition, First Printing.
• Condition: NF
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science & Nature

About this title

Synopsis

THE LEGACY…
First introduced in 1995, Cryptography: Theory and Practice garnered enormous praise and popularity, and soon became the standard textbook for cryptography courses around the world. The second edition was equally embraced, and enjoys status as a perennial bestseller. Now in its third edition, this authoritative text continues to provide a solid foundation for future breakthroughs in cryptography.

WHY A THIRD EDITION?

The art and science of cryptography has been evolving for thousands of years. Now, with unprecedented amounts of information circling the globe, we must be prepared to face new threats and employ new encryption schemes on an ongoing basis. This edition updates relevant chapters with the latest advances and includes seven additional chapters covering:

Pseudorandom bit generation in cryptography

Entity authentication, including schemes built from primitives and special purpose "zero-knowledge" schemes

Key establishment including key distribution and protocols for key agreement, both with a greater emphasis on security models and proofs

Public key infrastructure, including identity-based cryptography

Secret sharing schemes

Multicast security, including broadcast encryption and copyright protection

THE RESULT…

Providing mathematical background in a "just-in-time" fashion, informal descriptions of cryptosystems along with more precise pseudocode, and a host of numerical examples and exercises, Cryptography: Theory and Practice, Third Edition offers comprehensive, in-depth treatment of the methods and protocols that are vital to safeguarding the mind-boggling amount of information circulating around the world.

Review

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.