商品描述
A broad introduction to cryptography--what it is, how it really works, what its future holds, and why every informed citizen should understand its basics.
We all keep secrets--from our gym locker codes to our email passwords to our online interactions. And we choose to share those secrets only with those whom we trust. So, too, do organizations, businesses, governments, and armies. In this fascinating book Cryptography, Panos Louridas provides a broad and accessible introduction to cryptography, the art and science of keeping and revealing secrets. Louridas explains just how cryptography works to keep our communications confidential, tracing it back all the way to its ancient roots. Then he follows its long and winding path to where we are today and reads the signs that point to where it may go tomorrow. A few years back, interest in cryptography was restricted to specialists. Today, as we all live our lives attuned to our digital footprint and the privacy issues it entails, it becomes more and more essential to have a basic understanding of cryptography and its applications to everyday life. Starting with classical cryptography, Cryptography takes the reader all the way up to the twenty-first century cryptographic applications that underpin our lives in the digital realm. Along the way, Louridas also explains concepts such as symmetric cryptography, asymmetric cryptography, cryptographic protocols and applications, and finally, quantum and post-Quantum cryptography as well as the links between cryptography and computer security.
We all keep secrets--from our gym locker codes to our email passwords to our online interactions. And we choose to share those secrets only with those whom we trust. So, too, do organizations, businesses, governments, and armies. In this fascinating book Cryptography, Panos Louridas provides a broad and accessible introduction to cryptography, the art and science of keeping and revealing secrets. Louridas explains just how cryptography works to keep our communications confidential, tracing it back all the way to its ancient roots. Then he follows its long and winding path to where we are today and reads the signs that point to where it may go tomorrow. A few years back, interest in cryptography was restricted to specialists. Today, as we all live our lives attuned to our digital footprint and the privacy issues it entails, it becomes more and more essential to have a basic understanding of cryptography and its applications to everyday life. Starting with classical cryptography, Cryptography takes the reader all the way up to the twenty-first century cryptographic applications that underpin our lives in the digital realm. Along the way, Louridas also explains concepts such as symmetric cryptography, asymmetric cryptography, cryptographic protocols and applications, and finally, quantum and post-Quantum cryptography as well as the links between cryptography and computer security.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
廣泛介紹密碼學——它是什麼、如何運作、未來的發展，以及為什麼每位知情公民都應該了解其基本概念。
我們每個人都有秘密——從健身房的儲物櫃密碼到電子郵件密碼，再到我們的線上互動。我們選擇只與值得信賴的人分享這些秘密。組織、企業、政府和軍隊也是如此。在這本引人入勝的書籍《Cryptography》中，Panos Louridas 提供了一個廣泛且易於理解的密碼學介紹，這是一門保護和揭示秘密的藝術與科學。Louridas 解釋了密碼學如何運作以保持我們的通信機密，並追溯到它的古老根源。接著，他沿著這條漫長而曲折的道路，帶領我們了解當前的狀況，並解讀未來可能的發展方向。
幾年前，對密碼學的興趣僅限於專家。如今，隨著我們的生活與數位足跡及其所涉及的隱私問題息息相關，對密碼學及其在日常生活中的應用有基本了解變得愈加重要。《Cryptography》從古典密碼學開始，帶領讀者一路走到二十一世紀的密碼應用，這些應用支撐著我們在數位領域的生活。在此過程中，Louridas 也解釋了對稱密碼學、非對稱密碼學、密碼協議和應用，最後還介紹了量子及後量子密碼學，以及密碼學與計算機安全之間的聯繫。
作者簡介
Panos Louridas is Professor in the Department of Management Science and Technology, Athens University of Economics and Business. He is the author of Real-World Algorithms and Algorithms (also in the Essential Knowledge series), both published by MIT Press.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
Panos Louridas 是雅典經濟與商業大學管理科學與技術系的教授。他是《Real-World Algorithms》和《Algorithms》（同樣屬於Essential Knowledge系列）的作者，這兩本書均由麻省理工學院出版社出版。
