Practical cryptography /

Scheier, Bruce

Practical cryptography / by Bruce Schneier and Niels Ferguson - New Delhi : Wiley dreamtech india pvt.Ltd, 2006, 2003c. - xx, 410 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Index included

Our design philosophy -- The context of cryptography -- Introduction to cryptography -- Block ciphers -- Block cipher modes -- Hash functions -- Message authentication codes -- The secure channel -- Implementation issues (I) -- Generating randomness -- Primes -- Diffie-Hellman -- RSA -- Introduction to cryptographic protocols -- Key negotiation protocol -- Implementation issues (II) -- The clock -- Key servers -- The dream of PKI -- PKI reality -- PKI practicalities -- Storing secrets -- Standards -- Patents -- Involving experts.



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Computer security

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