Introduction to Modern Cryptography: (Chapman & Hall/CRC Cryptography and Network Security Series)

Cryptography is ubiquitous and plays a key role in ensuring data secrecy and integrity as well as in securing computer systems more broadly. Introduction to Modern Cryptography provides a rigorous yet accessible treatment of this fascinating subject. The authors introduce the core principles of modern cryptography, with an emphasis on formal defini

Table of Contents:
Introduction and Classical Cryptography. Introduction. Perfectly Secret Encryption. Private-Key (Symmetric) Cryptography. Private-Key Encryption. Message Authentication Codes. Hash Functions and Applications. Practical Constructions of Symmetric-Key Primitives. Theoretical Constructions of Symmetric-Key Primitives. Public-Key (Asymmetric) Cryptography. Number Theory and Cryptographic Hardness Assumptions. Algorithms for Factoring and Computing Discrete Logarithms. Key Management and the Public-Key Revolution. Public-Key Encryption. Digital Signature Schemes. Advanced Topics in Public-Key Encryption. Appendices.

About the Author :
Jonathan Katz is a professor of computer science at the University of Maryland, and director of the Maryland Cybersecurity Center. He has published over 100 articles on cryptography, and serves as an editor of the Journal of Cryptology, the premier journal of the field. Prof. Katz has been invited to give introductory lectures on cryptography for audiences in academia, industry, and government, as well as an on-line cryptography course through Coursera. Yehuda Lindell is a professor of computer science at Bar-Ilan University. He has published more than 90 articles on cryptography and four books, and has considerable industry experience in deploying cryptographic schemes. Professor Lindell lectures widely in both academic and industry venues on both theoretical and applied cryptography, and has been recognized with two prestigious grants from the European Research Council.

Review :
Praise for the First Edition: "This book is a comprehensive, rigorous introduction to what the authors name 'modern' cryptography. ... a novel approach to how cryptography is taught, replacing the older, construction-based approach. ... The concepts are clearly stated, both in an intuitive fashion and formally. ... I would heartily recommend this book to anyone who is interested in cryptography. ... The exercises are challenging and interesting, and can benefit readers of all academic levels." -IACR Book Reviews, January 2010 "Over the past 30 years, cryptography has been transformed from a mysterious art into a mathematically rigorous science. The textbook by Jonathan Katz and Yehuda Lindell finally makes this modern approach to cryptography accessible to a broad audience. Readers of this text will learn how to think precisely about the security of protocols against arbitrary attacks, a skill that will remain relevant and useful regardless of how technology and cryptography standards change. The book uses just enough formalism to maintain precision and rigor without obscuring the development of ideas. It manages to convey both the theory's conceptual beauty and its relevance to practice. I plan to use it every time I teach an undergraduate course in cryptography." -Salil Vadhan, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA "The greatest attribute is the fact that the material is presented in such a unified way. This is not just a collection of topics from cryptography thrown together at random. One topic leads effortlessly to the next. As such, this is a virtually indispensable resource for modern cryptography." -Donald L. Vestal, South Dakota State University, Brookings, USA, from MAA Online, July 2008 "... an excellent introduction to the theoretical background of cryptography. It would be a fine textbook for an advanced undergraduate (or graduate) course in theoretical computer science for students who have already seen the rudiments of cryptography. It will be a valuable reference for researchers in the field." -Steven D. Galbraith, Mathematical Reviews, 2009 "The book is highly recommended as a textbook in cryptography courses at graduate or advanced undergraduate levels. ... covers, in a splendid way, the main notions of current cryptography from the point of view of information-theoretical security. This corresponds indeed to a modern cryptography approach." -Guillermo Morales-Luna, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1143