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Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi: wrote a (now lost) book on cryptography titled the "Book of Cryptographic Messages". Al-Kindi, 9th century Arabic polymath and originator of frequency analysis. Athanasius Kircher, attempts to decipher crypted messages; Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, wrote a standard book on cryptography
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to cryptography: Cryptography (or cryptology) – practice and study of hiding information. Modern cryptography intersects the disciplines of mathematics, computer science, and engineering. Applications of cryptography include ATM cards, computer passwords, and electronic ...
Modern Cryptography Theory and Practice ISBN 0-13-066943-1. An up-to-date book on cryptography. Touches on provable security, and written with students and practitioners in mind. Mel, H.X., and Baker, Doris (2001). Cryptography Decrypted, Addison Wesley ISBN 0-201-61647-5. This technical overview of basic cryptographic components (including ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 January 2025. Practice and study of secure communication techniques "Secret code" redirects here. For the Aya Kamiki album, see Secret Code. "Cryptology" redirects here. For the David S. Ware album, see Cryptology (album). This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve ...
Cryptomenysis Patefacta, or Art of Secret Information Disclosed Without a Key is a 1685 non-fiction book written by John Falconer, [1] it was only the second text written in English on the topic of cryptography. [2] In 1693 it was republished as Rules for Explaining and Deciphering All Manner of Secret Writing. [3]
Menezes' main areas of research are Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC), provable security, and related areas. He is a Canadian citizen. Menezes' book Elliptic Curve Public Key Cryptosystems, published in 1993, [5] was the first book devoted entirely to ECC. He co-authored the widely-used reference book Handbook of Applied Cryptography. [6]
Kryptographik Lehrbuch der Geheimschreibekunst (Cryptology: Instruction Book on the Art of Secret Writing) is an 1809 book on cryptography written by Johann Ludwig Klüber. [ 1 ] In 2011 the National Security Agency included a copy of Kryptographik , used by a German cryptographer during World War II , as part of a 50,000 page release of ...
RSA (Rivest–Shamir–Adleman) is a public-key cryptosystem, one of the oldest widely used for secure data transmission.The initialism "RSA" comes from the surnames of Ron Rivest, Adi Shamir and Leonard Adleman, who publicly described the algorithm in 1977.