A Classical Introduction to Cryptography Applications for Communicat
A Classical Introduction to Cryptography: Applications for Communications Security introduces fundamentals of information and communication security by providing appropriate mathematical concepts to prove or break the security of cryptographic
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A CLASSICAL INTRODUCTION TO CRYPTOGRAPHY Applications for Communications Security by
Serge Vaudenay Swiss Federal Institute of Technologies (EPFL)
Serge Vaudenay Ch. de Riant-Mont 4 CH-1023 Crissier Switzerland
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. A CLASSICAL INTRODUCTION TO MODERN CRYPTOGRAPHY Applications for Communications Security by Serge Vaudenay Swiss Fédéralel Institute of Technologies (EPFL)
ISBN-10: 0-387-25464-1 ISBN-13: 978-0-387-25464-7
e-ISBN-10: 0-387-25880-9 e-ISBN-13: 978-0-387-25880-5
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To Christine and Emilien
Contents Preamble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1 Prehistory of Cryptography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 Foundations of Conventional Cryptography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1.1 The Origins of Cryptography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1.2 Key Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1.3 Transpositions, Substitutions, and Secret Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1.4 Vernam Cipher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1.5 Enigma: Toward Industrial Cryptography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 Roots of Modern Cryptography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2.1 Cryptographic Problems: The Fundamental Trilogy . . . . . . . . 1.2.2 Assumptions of Modern Cryptography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2.3 Adversarial Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2.4 Cryptography from Various Perspectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2.5 Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 The Shannon Theory of Secrecy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3.1 Secrecy of Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3.2 Entropy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3.3 Perfect Secrecy . . . . . . . .
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