Cryptography For Dummies, Chapter 1
A primer on crypto basics
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1 of Cryptography For Dummies by Chey Cobb provides insight into the art of cryptography -- scrambling data so that it looks like babble to anyone except those who know the trick to decoding it. You'll be introduced to crypto lingo, algorithms and keys, and cryptosystems. (Reproduced from the book, 'Cryptography For Dummies,' ISBN 0764541889, Copyright 2005. Reproduced by permission of John Wiley & Sons Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774. Written permission from is required John Wiley & Sons Inc. for all other uses. Click here for a detailed description or to purchase this title directly from Wiley at a 15% discount. Discount to calculate upon checkout when visiting from TechTarget. Please use code aff15 if discount does not calculate automatically.)
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This was first published in March 2005