Encyclopedia of Cryptography and Security

  • Authors:
  • Henk C.A. van Tilborg

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • Encyclopedia of Cryptography and Security
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Book DescriptionThis comprehensive encyclopedia provides easy access toinformation on all aspects of cryptography and security. With an AZformat of over 460 entries, 100+ international experts provide anaccessible reference for those seeking entry into any aspect of thebroad fields of cryptography and information security. Most entriesin this preeminent work include useful literature references,providing more than 2500 references in total. Topics for theencyclopedia were selected by a distinguished advisory boardconsisting of 18 of the worlds leading scholars and practitioners.Main subject areas include: Authentication and identification Blockciphers and stream ciphers Computational issues Copy protectionCryptanalysis and security Cryptographic protocols Electronicpayment and digital certificates Elliptic curve cryptographyFactorization algorithms and primality tests Hash functions andMACs Historical systems Identity-based cryptography Implementationaspects for smart cards and standards Key management Multipartycomputations like voting schemes Public key cryptography Quantumcryptography Secret sharing schemes Sequences Web security Thestyle of the entries in the Encyclopedia of Cryptography andSecurity is expository and tutorial rather than detailed andtechnical, making the book a practical resource for informationsecurity experts as well as professionals in other fields who needto access this vital information but who may not have time to worktheir way through an entire text on their topic of interest. Theunderlying concepts in information security can be difficult tounderstand and may even be counter-intuitive. The Encyclopedia ofCryptography and Security will become the premier reference work onthis complex subject.