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This book is a clear and informative introduction to cryptography and data protection - subjects of considerable social and political importance. It explains what algorithms do, how they are used, the risks associated with using them, and why governments should be concerned. Important areas are highlighted, such as Stream Ciphers, block ciphers, public key algorithms, digital signatures, and applications such as e-commerce. This book highlights the explosive impact of cryptography on modern society, with, for example, the evolution of the internet and the introduction of more sophisticated banking methods.
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Fred Piper has been a Professor of Mathematics at the University of London since 1975 and has worked in security since 1979. In 1985 he formed a company, Codes & Ciphers Ltd., which offers consultancy advice in all aspects of information security.He has lectured worldwide on a wide range of topics in information security, both academically and comercially.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Cryptography is a knotty subject but this book by Professor Piper starts from the beginning and provides a highly digestible (if compressed) walk through the subject. As a consultant and engineer I needed to learn something about the subject in very little time, and this book does not waste a single word in getting to the point. I would not expect to get anything more than a high level overview, and this book delivers that perfectly. It's rare to find such a well written technical book that is also comprehensible to the non-technical reader - congratulations!
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This book presumes no prior knowledge of Cryptography whatsoever, and as such is both accessible and enjoyable to read.
Its great value for money and will serve anyone new to the subject well. It contains references which allow the interested reader to further research the topic further, either mathematically or historically.
For anyone studying Cryptography for the first time, this really is the perfect pocket primer! Highly recommended.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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I bought this book as an addition to a study guide that I am following. In the guide I have the encryption section was a bit light.
This book is excellent, it gives plenty of background history on when where how and why encryption evolved. It then proceeds to go into all the current and recent, as in last 100 years or so, encryption algorithms. It discusses some of their strengths and some of their weaknesses.
The book does not get very technical as the maths behind current encryption technologies is scary to people with without a maths degree (well I think it is.). The authors simply mention some of the maths techniques used and where they do this it is at a level that someone with high school maths education should easily be able to follow. The author also makes a point though of saying that the 'technical' information is not really needed for the understanding of the rest of the book.
All in all a really good read if you are interested in encryption without blowing your mind.
This book is excellent, it gives plenty of background history on when where how and why encryption evolved. It then proceeds to go into all the current and recent, as in last 100 years or so, encryption algorithms. It discusses some of their strengths and some of their weaknesses.
The book does not get very technical as the maths behind current encryption technologies is scary to people with without a maths degree (well I think it is.). The authors simply mention some of the maths techniques used and where they do this it is at a level that someone with high school maths education should easily be able to follow. The author also makes a point though of saying that the 'technical' information is not really needed for the understanding of the rest of the book.
All in all a really good read if you are interested in encryption without blowing your mind.
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