{"product_id":"secret-history-hardback","title":"Secret History - Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of an Outstanding Academic Title Award from \u003cem\u003eCHOICE Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost available cryptology books primarily focus on either mathematics or history. Breaking this mold, \u003cstrong\u003eSecret History: The Story of Cryptology\u003c\/strong\u003e gives a thorough yet accessible treatment of both the mathematics and history of cryptology. Requiring minimal mathematical prerequisites, the book presents the mathematics in sufficient detail and weaves the history throughout the chapters. In addition to the fascinating historical and political sides of cryptology, the author—a former Scholar-in-Residence at the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) Center for Cryptologic History—includes interesting instances of codes and ciphers in crime, literature, music, and art. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing a mainly chronological development of concepts, the book focuses on classical cryptology in the first part. It covers Greek and Viking cryptography, the Vigenère cipher, the one-time pad, transposition ciphers, Jefferson’s cipher wheel, the Playfair cipher, ADFGX, matrix encryption, World War II cipher systems (including a detailed examination of Enigma), and many other classical methods introduced before World War II. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second part of the book examines modern cryptology. The author looks at the work of Claude Shannon and the origin and current status of the NSA, including some of its Suite B algorithms such as elliptic curve cryptography and the Advanced Encryption Standard. He also details the controversy that surrounded the Data Encryption Standard and the early years of public key cryptography. The book not only provides the how-to of the Diffie-Hellman key exchange and RSA algorithm, but also covers many attacks on the latter. Additionally, it discusses Elgamal, digital signatures, PGP, and stream ciphers and explores future directions such as quantum cryptography and DNA computing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith numerous real-world examples and extensive references, this book skillfully balances the historical aspects of cryptology with its mathematical details. It provides readers with a sound foundation in this dynamic field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease visit Dr. Bauer's website, which provides access to exercise sets: http:\/\/depts.ycp.edu\/~cbauer\/\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45566962467054,"sku":"9781466561861","price":131.2,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9781466561861.jpg?v=1720701128","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/secret-history-hardback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}