Description: Crypto Dictionary : 500 Tasty Tidbits for the Curious Cryptographer, Paperback by Aumasson, Jean-Philippe, ISBN 1718501404, ISBN-13 9781718501409, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Crypto Dictionary is your full reference resource for all things cryptography. Cryptography from A5/0 to ZRTP Expand your mind—and your crypto knowledge—with the ultimate desktop dictionary for all things cryptography. Written by a globally recognized cryptographer for fellow experts and novices to the field alike, Crypto Dictionary is rigorous in its definitions, yet easy to read and laced with humor. You’ll find: • A survey of crypto algorithms both widespread and niche, from RSA and DES to the USSR’s GOST cipher • Trivia from the history of cryptography, such as the MINERVA backdoor in Crypto AG’s encryption algorithms, which may have let the US read the secret communications of foreign governments • An explanation of why the reference to the Blowfish cipher in the TV show 24 makes absolutely no sense • Discussions of numerous cryptographic attacks, like the slide attack and biclique attack (and the meaning of a crypto “attack”) • Types of cryptographic proofs, such as zero-knowledge proofs of spacetime • A polemic against referring to cryptocurrency as “crypto” • A look toward the future of cryptography, with discussions of the threat of quantum computing poses to our current cryptosystems and a nod to post-quantum algorithms, such as lattice-based cryptographic schemes Or, flip to any random page and learn something new, interesting, and mind-boggling for fun. Organized alphabetically, with hundreds of incisive entries and illustrations at your fingertips, Crypto Dictionary is the crypto world go-to guide that you’ll always want within reach.
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Book Title: Crypto Dictionary : 500 Tasty Tidbits for the Curious Cryptograph
Number of Pages: 160 Pages
Publication Name: Crypto Dictionary : 500 Tasty Tidbits for the Curious Cryptographer
Language: English
Publisher: No Starch Press, Incorporated
Item Height: 0.5 in
Publication Year: 2021
Subject: Security / Cryptography, Computer Science, General, Security / Networking
Item Weight: 9.5 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Mathematics, Computers
Author: Jean-Philippe Aumasson
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
