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Cryptology Unlocked
Author(s): Reinhard Wobst (Author), Angelika Shafir (Translator)
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
- Publication Date: 6 July 2007
- Language: English
- Print length: 554 pages
- ISBN-10: 0470060646
- ISBN-13: 9780470060643
Book Description
This new book introduces cryptography in a unique and non–mathematical style. Cryptology Unlocked explains encryption, crypto analysis (classic and modern algorithms), cryptographic protocols, digital standards and much more. This innovative book will reveal some of the dangers of code breaking, and highlights ways to master code–breaking and attack algorithms.
Topics range from the simplest enciphering methods to precise investigations of modern algorithms. Everything you need to understand the delicate balance between complex and actual information, with a peppering of anecdotes along the way.
Join the cryptology adventure, and understand:
- The difference between good and bad algorithms
- Whether or not secret services can read all messages
- The real–world affect cryptography had on World War II
- The unspoken security risks behind digital mobile standards GSM and UMTS
- The everyday implications on digital signatures, PINs and online banking
Editorial Reviews
From the Back Cover
Topics range from the simplest enciphering methods to precise investigations of modern algorithms. Cryptology Unlocked contains everything you need to understand the delicate balance between complex and actual information, with a peppering of anecdotes along the way.
Join the cryptology adventure, and understand:
- The difference between good and bad algorithms
- Whether or not secret services can read all messages
- The real–world effect cryptography had on World War II
- The unspoken security risks behind the digital mobile standards GSM and UMTS
- The everyday implications for digital signatures, PINs and online banking
About the Author
In 1980, he conducted his first experiments with cryptographic algorithms. This hobby has led to numerous articles discussing cryptography, through to security consulting and security software development. All this writing has resulted in this book, which is now in its third edition in the original German and is published here in English for the first time.
