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This comprehensive encyclopedia provides easy access to information on all aspects of cryptography and security. With an A–Z format of over 460 entries, 100+ international experts provide an accessible reference for those seeking entry into any aspect of the broad fields of cryptography and information security. Most entries in this preeminent work include useful literature references, providing more than 2500 references in total. Topics for the encyclopedia were selected by a distinguished advisory board consisting of 18 of the world’s leading scholars and practitioners. Main subject areas include: Authentication and identification.- Block ciphers and stream ciphers.- Computational issues.- Copy protection.- Cryptanalysis and security.- Cryptographic protocols.- Electronic payment and digital certificates.- Elliptic curve cryptography.- Factorization algorithms and primality tests.- Hash functions and MACs.- Historical systems.- Identity-based cryptography.- Implementation aspects for smart cards and standards.- Key management.- Multiparty computations like voting schemes.- Public key cryptography.- Quantum cryptography.- Secret sharing schemes.- Sequences.- Web security. The style of the entries in the Encyclopedia of Cryptography and Security is expository and tutorial rather than detailed and technical, making the book a practical resource for information security experts as well as professionals in other fields who need to access this vital information but who may not have time to work their way through an entire text on their topic of interest. The underlying concepts in information security can be difficult to understand and may even be counter-intuitive. The Encyclopedia of Cryptography and Security will become the premier reference work on this complex subject.
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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CRYPTOGRAPHY AND SECURITY i ii ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CRYPTOGRAPHY AND SECURITY Editor-in-chief Henk C.A. van Tilborg Eindhoven University of Technology The Netherlands iii Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. Encyclopedia of Cryptography and Security, Edited by Henk C. A. van Tilborg p. cm. ISBN-10: (HB) 0-387-23473-X ISBN-13: (HB) 978-0387-23473-1 ISBN-10: (eBook) 0-387-23483-7 ISBN-13: (eBook) 978-0387-23483-0 Printed on acid-free paper. C 2005 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed in the United States of America 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 SPIN 11327875 (HC) / 151464 (eBook) springeronline.com iv Dedicated to the ones I love v vi List of Advisory Board Members Editor-in-Chief Henk van Tilborg Technische Universiteit Eindhoven Burt Kaliski RSA Security Peter Landrock University of Aarhus Carlisle Adams Entrust, Inc. Patrick McDaniel Penn State University Friedrich Bauer Technische Universitat ¨ Munchen ¨ Alfred Menezes University of Waterloo Gerrit Bleumer Francotyp-Postalia David Naccache Gemplus International and Royal Holloway, Uni