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ISBN: | 0511042183 9780511042188 0511155611 9780511155611 9780521810548 052181054X 9780521008907 0521008905 9780511542978 0511542976 1283331489 9781283331487 052181054X 0521008905 1107125170 9781107125179 9786613331489 6613331481 1139134078 9781139134071 1139130374 9781139130370 0511045042 9780511045042
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Digital file characteristics: | data file
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. English. Print version record.
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Summary: | The design of code and cipher systems has undergone major changes in modern times. Powerful personal computers have resulted in an explosion of e-banking, e-commerce and e-mail, and as a consequence the encryption of communications to ensure security has become a matter of public interest and importance. This book describes and analyses many cipher systems ranging from the earliest and elementary to the more recent and sophisticated, such as RSA and DES, as well as wartime machines such as the ENIGMA and Hagelin, and ciphers used by spies. Security issues and possible methods of attack are discussed and illustrated by examples. The design of many systems involves advanced mathematical concepts and this is explained in detail in a major appendix. This book will appeal to anyone interested in codes and ciphers as used by private individuals, spies, governments and industry throughout history.
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Other form: | Print version: Churchhouse, R.F. Codes and ciphers. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002 052181054X 0521008905
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