The Block Cipher Companion

by Lars R. Knudsen, Matthew Robshaw, Matthew J.B. Robshaw

Book Overview

Block ciphers encrypt blocks of plaintext, messages, into blocks of ciphertext under the action of a secret key, and the process of encryption is reversed by decryption which uses the same user-supplied key. Block ciphers are fundamental to modern cryptography, in fact they are the most widely used cryptographic primitive - useful in their own right, and in the construction of other cryptographic mechanisms.

In this book the authors provide...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642173411
• ISBN13: 9783642173417
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"