Foundations of Cryptography: Volume 2, Basic Applications

Author: Goldreich, Oded

Brand: Cambridge University Press

Edition: First Edition

Binding: paperback

Number Of Pages: 452

Release Date: 17-09-2009

Part Number: 13 line figures 90 exercises

Details: Product Description
Cryptography is concerned with the conceptualization, definition and construction of computing systems that address security concerns. The design of cryptographic systems must be based on firm foundations. Foundations of Cryptography presents a rigorous and systematic treatment of foundational issues, defining cryptographic tasks and solving cryptographic problems. The emphasis is on the clarification of fundamental concepts and on demonstrating the feasibility of solving several central cryptographic problems, as opposed to describing ad-hoc approaches. This second volume contains a thorough treatment of three basic applications: Encryption, Signatures, and General Cryptographic Protocols. It builds on the previous volume, which provided a treatment of one-way functions, pseudorandomness, and zero-knowledge proofs. It is suitable for use in a graduate course on cryptography and as a reference book for experts. The author assumes basic familiarity with the design and analysis of algorithms; some knowledge of complexity theory and probability is also useful.
Review
Review of the hardback: 'This is a very complete introduction to the basics of modern complexity-theoretic cryptography. It is a solid foundation for understanding much of the current work in this area.' ACM SIGACT News
Book Description
A rigorous treatment of Encryption, Signatures, and General Cryptographic Protocols, emphasizing fundamental concepts.
About the Author
Oded Goldreich is a Professor of Computer Science at the Weizmann Institute of Science and an Incumbent of the Meyer W. Weisgal Professorial Chair. He is an editor for the SIAM Journal on Computing, the Journal of Cryptology, and Computational Complexity, and previously authored the books Modern Cryptography, Probabilistic Proofs and Pseudorandomness, Computational Complexity: A Conceptual Perspective, and the two-volume work Foundations of Cryptography.

EAN: 9780521119917

Package Dimensions: 10.0 x 7.0 x 1.0 inches

Languages: English