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Sample Chapters

Below you find the Introductory Chapter 1, the AES Chapter 4 and a new Chapter about SHA-3 (Keccak) for download. You also find the first few pages of all remaining chapters. This material should allow you to get a feeling for the book. Please note the following copyright statement:
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Chapter 1

Introduction to Cryptography and Data Security

(full text)

Chapter 2

Stream Ciphers

Chapter 3

The Data Encryption Standard (DES) and Alternatives

Chapter 4

The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)

(full text)

Chapter 5

More about Block Ciphers

Chapter 6

Introduction to Public-Key Cryptography

Chapter 7

The RSA Cryptosystem

Chapter 8

Public-Key Cryptosystems Based on the Discrete Logarithm Problem

Chapter 9

Elliptic Curve Cryptosystems

Chapter 10

Digital Signatures

Chapter 11

Hash Functions

Extension Chapter

SHA-3 (Keccak)

Chapter 12

Message Authentication Codes (MACs)

Chapter 13

Key Establishment