Modern Cryptography

<p>In this book, the most important cryptographic algorithms, protocols and constructions of the last decades are explained and justified from a mathematical point of view. The topics discussed range from public-key cryptography and zero-knowledge protocols to cryptography in blockchains and the Tor network.</p><p>The authors succeed in presenting these complex topics in a simple and clear manner. Hardly any prior knowledge is required, as all the necessary mathematical and cryptographic background is provided in the book.</p>The book has a modular structure so that the individual chapters can be read independently of one another. Each topic is presented at different levels: First, the concept is described as a mental model, then it is studied from a mathematical point of view, and finally the strengths and weaknesses of the respective protocol are discussed.<p></p><p> The book is suitable for undergraduate students (e.g., in mathematics, computer science, electrical engineering)as well as for Internet users, tech managers, software developers and data protection/data security officers.<br></p><p>This book is a translation of the original German 9th edition <i>Moderne Verfahren der Kryptographie</i> by Albrecht Beutelspacher, Jörg Schwenk and Klaus-Dieter Wolfenstetter, published by Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature in 2022. The translation was done with the help of an artificial intelligence machine translation tool. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.<br></p><p></p><p></p>