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Cryptography, in particular public-key cryptography, has emerged in the last 20 years as an important discipline that is not only the subject of an enormous amount of research, but provides the foundation for information security in many applications. Standards are emerging to meet the demands for cryptographic protection in most areas of data communications. Public-key cryptographic techniques are now in widespread use, especially in the financial services industry, in the public sector, and by individuals for their personal privacy, such as in electronic mail. This Handbook will serve as a valuable reference for the novice as well as for the expert who needs a wider scope of coverage within the area of cryptography. It is a necessary and timely guide for professionals who practice the art of cryptography.

The Handbook of Applied Cryptography provides a treatment that is multifunctional:

It serves as an introduction to the more practical aspects of both conventional and public-key cryptography
It is a valuable source of the latest techniques and algorithms for the serious practitioner
It provides an integrated treatment of the field, while still presenting each major topic as a self-contained unit
It provides a mathematical treatment to accompany practical discussions
It contains enough abstraction to be a valuable reference for theoreticians while containing enough detail to actually allow implementation of the algorithms discussed
Now in its third printing, this is the definitive cryptography reference that the novice as well as experienced developers, designers, researchers, engineers, computer scientists, and mathematicians alike will use.

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Oct. 16 1996
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Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications
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"…very well suited for the reader who wants an encyclopedic description of the state of the art of applied modern cryptography."
-Mathematical Reviews, Issue 99g

"[This book] is an incredible achievement. … [T]he handbook is complete. If I want to check what problems there were with a proposed system, determine how the variations on a particular algorithm developed, see what research preceded and followed an idea, I go to the Handbook. The Handbook has accurate, clear, and correct information. It is wonderful. … If I were limited to only one cryptography text on my shelves, it would be the Handbook of Applied Cryptography."
- Bulletin of the AMS

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0849385237
Publisher ‏ : ‎ CRC Press; 1st edition (Oct. 16 1996)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 810 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780849385230
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0849385230
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 1.61 kg
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 18.57 x 4.7 x 26.14 cm

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Hart Wilson

An excellent reference for anyone in computer science

Reviewed in Canada on June 25, 2002

A thorough coverage of topics in cryptography is only one of many features which make this book invaluable to computer scientists. While not intended to be a textbook, this handbook includes enough background information to be of use to those with minimal theoretical computer science knowledge. The chapter organization is logical and very modular so that after reading the introductory chapters, one can skip ahead to the chapters of interest with little difficulty.
The second chapter provides a concise review of probability theory, information theory, complexity theory, and number theory. This chapter would be helpful to anyone in computer science who already has some discrete math background. For readers with no discrete math background I would recommend first reading "Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications" by Kenneth Rosen, the editor of the series this book belongs to.
The coverage of number-theoretic problems in chapter 3 is very easy to follow and provides a handy reference to the average case performance of the best known algorithms for each.
The next few chapters are very math-intensive and outline the most common encryption algorithms and standards with examples. The chapter on block ciphers includes a section on classical ciphers and cryptanalysis which, as a sidenote, might be of interest to students of linguistics.
The later chapters present protocols for authentication, digital signing, and key management which build on the algorithms of the previous chapters, but can be understood independently.
One of the final chapters presents methods of effecient computation which again would be useful to anyone in computer science, not just those who are interested in cryptography.
Overall, the development of the topics in the book is complete (although by no means rigorous) and concise, including examples only where necessary. I highly recommend this book to students who want to learn more about cryptography, anyone whose job requires some knowledge of standards for authentication, digital signing, etc., such as internet security, and any computer scientist who has an academic interest in algorithms and their applications.

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Optimistix

Excellent reference indeed

Reviewed in Canada on September 27, 2001

If you're going to work in the area of Cryptography, you can't afford
to neglect this book.
We used this in a course, and even though it's a handbook, it doubles up
pretty well as a textbook, since it has all the underlying mathematical
theory, presented in a clear and concise manner.
For sheer breadth and depth of coverage, this book is unmatched in the
field. It may not have enough on some topics to satisfy everyone, but
then i suspect most such topics were not so prominent in 1996, which
is when the book was written.
Starting with number theory, it goes on cover pseudorandom bits and
sequences, stream and block ciphers, hash functions, and digital signatures,
establishment protocols, implementation, patents and standards - you name
it, you got it.
On the one hand, there's enough theory to make you wonder whether it
should be called 'applied', but then it indeed qualifies as implementations
are discussed as well.
And of course, there's an exhaustive bibliography, with more pointers to
the literature than one could possibly follow up.
One word of caution, though : it requires hard work. If you want a more
'relaxed' coverage of comparable breadth (but not depth), you can do
worse than look up Bruce Schneier's 'Applied Crypography', which is a
delightful read, but nowhere as rigorous (read academic) as this one.
All in all, this is an indispensable reference for those in the field -
rigorous and exhaustive, yet eminently readable.
If you still haven't made your mind up, here's one final piece of advice :
visit the authors'(rather the book's) website, where you'll get the
implementations of all the algorithms in the book, and a (presumably)
pleasant surprise :-)

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B. Dub

Advanced Crypto for the college mind.

Reviewed in Canada on April 25, 2004

This very detailed work is not for the light hearted. It's an in depth look at the mathmatics behind cryptography. If you're looking for a book to help you program then look for Applied Cryptography by Bruce the crypto king instead. If you're looking for something to help you learn cryptoanalysis and how to break codes then this is the first step.

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Antonio Ferrao Neto

Fantastic traditional reference

Reviewed in Canada on January 3, 2004

The Chapter 14 - Efficient Implementation - shows several multiple precision algorithms. They are very easy to understand and implement under any microprocessor. It is a very good complement to the book set written by Donald Knuth (The Art of Computer Programming, Volumes 1-3 Boxed Set), another fantastic traditional reference.

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synfin80

#1 book on cryptography

Reviewed in Canada on December 31, 2001

I have read a few book on cryptography and this is by far the best book I have read. If you have never taken a course on discrete math this book does a great job at explaining some of the topics. If you think you may need a book to help with the discrete math I would also recomend "Concrete Mathematics : A Foundation for Computer Science" by Ronald Graham and others.
"Handbook of Applied Cryptography" takes you from basic number function to public key encryptions, I highly recomend it!

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Jonathan Low

Complete and satisfying

Reviewed in Canada on July 6, 2003

This book is a deep detailed analysis of
modern cryptography. It is light on
cryptanalysis.
The mathematical background information
and explanations are complete and clear.
It is very satisfying to be able to read
the prose and implement the ideas in
a computer program with ease.

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Great Book for Applied Cryptography

Reviewed in India on March 7, 2024

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Good book for beginners and for research. Quality is great and hard binding. Good for final year bachelor, also for masters and PhD.

Ron Leplae

A must have if you are using cryptography

Reviewed in France on December 28, 2018

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This book is as a bible for cryptography. With a lot of algorithms and mechanisms explained. Not exactly the book you read on a lazy Sunday afternoon, heavy stuff and need a fresh head to read and understand ...

mooo

Perfect for any computer science/software engineering student.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 4, 2016

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My professor used primarily this book to teach our cryptography course. I felt like it broke down very complex concepts that would allow anyone with some basic maths and logic skills to understand them. Perfect for any computer science undergrad.

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Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2013

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A delectable, encyclopedic approach to a fascinating subject. The volume contains some outdated and perhaps insecure material. Great as a reference.

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Appliedの名に恥じない内容

Reviewed in Japan on June 26, 2013

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特許や標準化までカバーした，セキュリティを使ってやろうという技術者には良い本．

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