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Cryptography: Theory and Practice, Second Edition [Hardcover]

Douglas R. Stinson (Author)
3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

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Douglas R. Stinson's Cryptography: Theory and Practice is a mathematically intensive examination of cryptography, including ciphers, the Data Encryption Standard (DES), public key cryptography, one-way hash functions, and digital signatures. Stinson's explication of "zero-sum proofs"--a process by which one person lets another person know that he or she has a password without actually revealing any information--is especially good.

If you are new to the math behind cryptography but want to tackle it, the author covers all of the required background to understand the real mathematics here. Cryptography includes extensive exercises with each chapter and makes an ideal introduction for any math-literate person willing to get acquainted with this material. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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This is … a book that will give the professional the data needed to implement cryptographic software, and the mathematician hints on both code breaking and creating.
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…If you want an in-depth mathematical treatise…[Cryptography] is probably the most professional resource. It has an excellent introduction to the early systems, including a description of Claude Shannons work…The material on hash functions is very detailed.
-PC Update

My favorite of the current crop of undergraduate books is the second edition of Cryptography: Theory and Practice by Douglas Stinson. … If I were learning/teaching cryptography for the first time to a class of undergraduate math majors, this is the book I would use.
- Bulletin of the AMS
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3.0 out of 5 stars Could be a great book .... but it falls short, May 1 2004
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This review is from: Cryptography: Theory and Practice, Second Edition (Hardcover)
As other people have pointed out, this is not a mathematics book, and it is not an algorithm (recipies) book. It could be a great book for people that are interested in learning these tools to actually use them, either in a research or product development context (something besides homework). Unfortunately, the number of typos, in key mathematical expressions AND PORTIONS OF THE EXPLANATIONS is staggering. Go to the author's web page and you will find that some chapters, like 4 for example, average more than one typo per page (and some of these 'typos' are full sentences, or math expressions that do not look like anything that is actually printed on the page). If you do not have that errata sheet handy, you will waste a lot of time trying to understand the text, or trying to solve the exercises. If you are trying to learn from this book, without attending a class and without the errata, you will simply give up. It is a real shame because it has all the makings of a great book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Book on Cryptography, Mar 20 2004
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This review is from: Cryptography: Theory and Practice, Second Edition (Hardcover)
This book is well suited for software developers, students, and research scientists alike. The first edition has proven to be an invaluable source of information on cryptology. The second edition covers a subset of the material from the first edition. However, the text has been revised, expanded, and new material has been added that covers more recent results in the field. A forthcomming companion book has been promised that will cover the remaining material (e.g., zero-knowledge proof systems). Readers that are interested in combinatorics should also consider picking up a copy of "Combinatorial Algorithms: Generation, Enumeration, and Search" by Stinson and Kreher.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Reasonable but overpriced book, Mar 4 2004
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This review is from: Cryptography: Theory and Practice, Second Edition (Hardcover)
This is the textbook for an undergraduate math course in cryptography in my school, so it was forced on me. The author does a good job introducing the theory and background math, but I would say there are not enough examples worked out to understand how it is used. For instance, Chapter 2 on information theory and entropy was difficult for me and the treatment in the book was too abstract, with just one example cryptosystem worked out. Other than that, it is pretty good, and some sections are particularly well-written (eg on block ciphers, AES, etc). Only 3 stars since it's much too expensive!(considering this is only volume 1 <2 is in the works, if not completed yet> - what a rip-off scheme.)
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