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Your Expert Guide To Information Securityas Businesses And Consumers Become More Dependent On Complex Multinational Information Systems, The Need To Understand And Devise Sound Information Security Systems Has Never Been Greater. This Title Takes A Practical Approach To Information Security By Focusing On Real-world Examples. While Not Sidestepping The Theory, The Emphasis Is On Developing The Skills And Knowledge That Security And Information Technology Students And Professionals Need To Face Their Challenges. The Book Is Organized Around Four Major Themes:* Cryptography: Classic Information Security; Contents; Preface; About The Author; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 1.1 The Cast Of Characters; 1.2 Alice's Online Bank; 1.2.1 Confidentiality, Integrity, And Availability; 1.2.2 Beyond Cia; 1.3 About This Book; 1.3.1 Cryptography; 1.3.2 Access Control; 1.3.3 Protocols; 1.3.4 Software; 1.4 The People Problem; 1.5 Principles And Practice; 1.6 Problems; I Crypto; 2 Crypto Basics; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 How To Speak Crypto; 2.3 Classic Crypto; 2.3.1 Simple Substitution Cipher; 2.3.2 Cryptanalysis Of A Simple Substitution; 2.3.3 Definition Of Secure 2.3.4 Double Transposition Cipher2.3.5 One-time Pad; 2.3.6 Project Venona; 2.3.7 Codebook Cipher; 2.3.8 Ciphers Of The Election Of 1876; 2.4 Modern Crypto History; 2.5 A Taxonomy Of Cryptography; 2.6 A Taxonomy Of Cryptanalysis; 2.7 Summary; 2.8 Problems; 3 Symmetric Key Crypto; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Stream Ciphers; 3.2.1 A5/1; 3.2.2 Rc4; 3.3 Block Ciphers; 3.3.1 Feistel Cipher; 3.3.2 Des; 3.3.3 Triple Des; 3.3.4 Aes; 3.3.5 Three More Block Ciphers; 3.3.6 Tea; 3.3.7 Block Cipher Modes; 3.4 Integrity; 3.5 Summary; 3.6 Problems; 4 Public Key Crypto; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Knapsack; 4.3 Rsa 4.3.1 Rsa Example4.3.2 Repeated Squaring; 4.3.3 Speeding Up Rsa; 4.4 Diffie-hellman; 4.5 Elliptic Curve Cryptography; 4.5.1 Elliptic Curve Math; 4.5.2 Ecc Diffie-hellman; 4.6 Public Key Notation; 4.7 Uses For Public Key Crypto; 4.7.1 Confident