Basic Methods of Cryptography

From the Publisher: This text covers the fundamentals of cryptography, which is concerned with methods of security in the storage and transportation of information. Computers are now found in every layer of society, and information is being communicated and processed automatically on a large scale. Examples include medical and financial files, automatic banking, video-phones, pay-tv, facsimiles, tele-shopping, and global computer networks. The book will be of value to advanced students and researchers involved in data protection and information processing, especially electrical engineers and people working in informatics and computer science.