perry@omepd.UUCP (05/14/87)
My apologies for such a trivial question, but can you quote me some introductory literature in this area? I am (supposed to be) proficient in mathematics, so I don't need to be tought about Algebra or Statistics (though any specific methods would probably be new to me). On the other hand, I have no serious previous experience in the area of `crypt*'. Actually, I'm just getting curious... Is there something like "Cryptography For Mathematicians"? Thanks in advance. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ << Perry The Cynic >> =>> perry@inteloa.intel.com <<= ...!tektronix!ogcvax!omepd!inteloa!perry (Peter Kiehtreiber) ...!verdix!omepd!inteloa!perry
webber@brandx.rutgers.edu.UUCP (05/16/87)
In article <676@omepd>, perry@inteloa.intel.com (Perry The Cynic) writes: > Is there something like "Cryptography For Mathematicians"? Well, actually if one is sufficently trained in math, the research conferences carried by the main math publishers are reasonable places to start since the open literature on these topics hasn't been developing very fast until the last decade or so. On the other hand, if you would rather rely on someone other than the original authors to present the basic concepts, then you should consider: Cryptography: A Primer Alan G. Konheim Wiley, 1981 This book spun out of a course in cryptographic methods offered by the author at the Courant Institute in Spring 1978 as well as the authors investigations in this area for IBM Research. The book is roughly 400 pages long. The first 225 inivestigate classical attacks on traditional systems ending with the Rotor systems of WWII. The remainder of the book includes 50 pages of discussion of DES, 50 pages on public key systems, and variety of other odds and ends. More recently, there is: Primality and Cryptography Evangelos Kranakis Wiley, 1986 This latter claims to be specifically targetted to mathematicians and computer scientists (clearly of the more theoretical bent). It has an interesting bibliography as well. However, it doesn't have the information on the more traditional systems that the previous one does (so they complement each other nicely). Enjoy. --------------------- BOB (webber@aramis.rutgers.edu)
authorplaceholder@gorgo.UUCP.UUCP (05/27/87)
/* Written 3:22 pm May 14, 1987 by perry@omepd.UUCP in gorgo.UUCP:sci.crypt */ /* ---------- "Looking for introductions" ---------- */ My apologies for such a trivial question, but can you quote me some introductory literature in this area? I am (supposed to be) proficient in mathematics, so I don't need to be tought about Algebra or Statistics (though any specific methods would probably be new to me). On the other hand, I have no serious previous experience in the area of `crypt*'. Actually, I'm just getting curious... Is there something like "Cryptography For Mathematicians"? Thanks in advance. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ << Perry The Cynic >> =>> perry@inteloa.intel.com <<= ...!tektronix!ogcvax!omepd!inteloa!perry (Peter Kiehtreiber) ...!verdix!omepd!inteloa!perry /* End of text from gorgo.UUCP:sci.crypt */
authorplaceholder@gorgo.UUCP.UUCP (05/27/87)
webber@brandx.rutgers.edu writes: >In article <676@omepd>, perry@inteloa.intel.com (Perry The Cynic) writes: >> Is there something like "Cryptography For Mathematicians"? > >On the other hand, if you would rather rely on someone other than the >original authors to present the basic concepts, then you should >consider: > Cryptography: A Primer > Alan G. Konheim > Wiley, 1981 I strongly recommend this book. Also recommended but much more elementary is Abraham Sinkov's book on Cryptanalysis and the Military Cryptanalysis set by Friedman. The Military Cryptanalysis has apparently just come into the open literature. There are many other books, but not devoted to modern cryptanalytic techniques. One of the best is a Dover reprint by Helen Fouche Gaines. (I'll bet that the folks at the NSA do pay attention to this newsgroup :-) Mike Andrews (gorgo!mike Oklahoma City)
jkimble@crash.CTS.COM (Jim Kimble) (06/01/87)
In article <91100001@gorgo.UUCP> mike@gorgo.UUCP writes: >My apologies for such a trivial question, but can you quote me some >introductory literature in this area? > I have a print out laying around my desk (somewhere :-)) that I obtained when doing research for a paper recently written on encryption. The information is exclusive to periodicals (from On-line Today to Byte) and was gathered not more than three weeks ago. All the sources cited are recent. If anyone is interested in a copy, I'd be happy to E-mail it to them. --Jim Kimble San Diego State University Varsity Football, Wide Receiver "Sometimes you've just got to say, 'What the...'" UUCP: {akgua, hplabs!hp-sdd, sdcsvax, nosc}!crash!jkimble ARPA: crash!jkimble@nosc INET: jkimble@crash.CTS.COM Disclaimer: He was already dead when I got there.