Illustrating the power of algorithms, Algorithmic Cryptanalysis describes algorithmic methods with cryptographically relevant examples. Focusing on both private- and public-key cryptographic algorithms, it presents each algorithm either as a textual description, in pseudo-code, or in a C code program.

Divided into three parts, the book begins with a short introduction to cryptography and a background chapter on elementary number theory and algebra. It then moves on to algorithms, with each chapter in this section dedicated to a single topic and often illustrated with simple cryptographic applications. The final part addresses more sophisticated cryptographic applications, including LFSR-based stream ciphers and index calculus methods.

Accounting for the impact of current computer architectures, this book explores the algorithmic and implementation aspects of cryptanalysis methods. It can serve as a handbook of algorithmic methods for cryptographers as well as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses on cryptanalysis and cryptography.

Author: Antoine Joux
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 06/01/2009
Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Cryptography and Network Security
Pages: 520
Weight: 1.9lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781420070026


Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 09/01/2009 pg. 26

About the Author

Antoine Joux is associate professor at Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.