| | |  | Computer Security | Home » » Invitation to Cryptology | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | This book introduces a wide range of up-to-date cryptological concepts along with the mathematical ideas that are behind them. The new and old are organized around a historical framework. A variety of mathematical topics that are germane to cryptology (e.g., modular arithmetic, Boolean functions, complexity theory, etc.) are developed, but they do not overshadow the main focus of the book. Chapter topics cover origins, examples, and ideas in cryptology; classical cryptographic techniques; symmetric computer-based cryptology; public-key cryptography; and present practice, issues, and the future. For individuals seeking an up-close and accurate idea of how current-day cryptographic methods work. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Thomas H. Barr | | Paperback:
| 396 pages | | Publisher:
| Prentice Hall | | Publication Date:
| September 10, 2001 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0130889768 | | Product Width:
| 1.75 centimeters | | Product Height:
| 2.25 centimeters | | Product Weight:
| 0.02 pounds | | Package Length:
| 9.29 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.17 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.79 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.68 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 2 reviews |
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 Progressive Smooth LearningDec 22, 2006
By A. Prodan
"enginerd"
It's written in such a manner that someone with no cryptology knowledge can pick up and follow the text, and continue through smooth progressive chapters. I have only two years of my EE degree done, but i think anyone who can do arithmetic and has an interest in cryptology can read this book like a novel and take a good portion of it all with only reading and excercising with your brain. I read it and did all the exercises as well absolutely independently. I feel i have a solid grasp of all its content.
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 Expect decrypting this book on introductory cryptology--how ironic!Feb 09, 2009
By noumena
"Ph.D. student"
For an introductory book, Invitation to Cryptology is unacceptably lacking in clarity. While I was reading this book, I spent most of my time trying to condition myself not to shut it after a mere half hour of unproductive hermeneutical study.
Essentially, it is unnecessarily verbose in areas in which elaboration is not useful, but strangely laconic in areas in which it is needed sorely. Unfortunately for me, my teacher mostly taught off the blackboard, and so referring to this book as recourse whenever I didn't understand some concept quickly became my worst nightmare.
Don't let it be yours.
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