Applied Cryptography Handbook

Author: Alfred J. Menezes
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Publication Date: 2005-06-01
Features: This book is one of the best cryptography books available. It provides rich technical details on cryptography, making it highly suitable for researchers and engineers to learn. The three authors are all internationally renowned cryptographers and active researchers in the field of cryptography. Alfred J. Menezes received his Ph.D. from the University of Waterloo, Canada, in 1992 and is currently a professor at the University of Waterloo, with expertise in elliptic curve cryptography. Paul C. van Oorschot received his Ph.D. in computer science in 1988 and is currently a professor at the School of Computer Science at Carleton University, Canada, as well as the chair of the Network and Software Security Research Center in Canada. He has a strong academic foundation in cryptography and network security. Scott A. Vanstone received his Ph.D. in 1974 and is a professor at the University of Waterloo, Canada. He has served as the editor-in-chief of the journal Designs, Codes and Cryptography and as the director of the Data Encryption Research Group at the University of Waterloo. He is also the founder of the renowned Certicom Information Security Company.
This book is one of the best cryptography books available. It covers all the major achievements in cryptography over the past 20 years, with 15 chapters. In addition to the typical topics found in cryptography books, such as symmetric cryptography, hash functions, public-key cryptography and signatures, identification, and key establishment protocols, this book first provides an overview of cryptography. It then dedicates three chapters to the mathematical foundations of public-key cryptography, and the final two chapters discuss cryptographic implementation techniques and details on patents and standards. These contents are very useful for researchers and engineers. The book offers rich technical details in cryptography, including more than 200 algorithms and protocols, more than 200 figures, over 1,000 definitions, facts, examples, notes, and comments. At the end of the book, there is a list of more than 1,200 key references on cryptography, with brief reviews provided for each chapter. The book is well-organized and clearly written, making it suitable for students, experts, and engineers in fields such as cryptography, computer science, communication, and mathematics as a reference or textbook.