CODES: THE GUIDE TO SECRECY FROM ANCIENT TO MODERN TIMES

By Z. MAEND

CONTENTS FROM THE RIDDLES OF ANCIENT EGYPT TO CRYPTOGRAPHY IN THE RENAISSANCE — 3500 YEARS IN THE MAKING ANTIQUITY — FROM PHAISTOS CRYPTOGRAPHY IN CLASSICAL LITERATURE THE MIDDLE AGES CRYPTOLOGY AND THE ARABS RISE OF THE WEST FROM SIXTEENTH-CENTURY CRYPTOGRAPHY TO THE NEW MILLENNIUM — THE LAST 500 YEARS THREE POST-RENAISSANCE CENTURIES THE AMERICAN COLONIES NINETEENTH-CENTURY CRYPTOGRAPHY TWO WORLD WARS THE POSTWAR ERA AND THE FUTURE SYMMETRIC-KEY CRYPTOGRAPHY BLOCK CIPHERS AND DES S-DES AND DES MODES OF OPERATION BLOW?SH THE ADVANCED ENCRYPTION STANDARD STREAM CIPHERS RC4 PUBLIC-KEY CRYPTOGRAPHY THE IDEAS BEHIND PKC RSA DIGITAL SIGNATURES ELGAMAL CRYPTOGRAPHIC PROTOCOLS INTRODUCTION KEYS IDENTI?CATION COMMITMENT SECRET SHARING ELECTRONIC VOTING PROTOCOL LAYERS AND SSL DIGITAL CASH SCHEMES KEY MANAGEMENT AUTHENTICATION, EXCHANGE, AND DISTRIBUTION PUBLIC-KEY INFRASTRUCTURE (PKI) SECURE ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION (SET) MESSAGE AUTHENTICATION AUTHENTICATION FUNCTIONS MESSAGE AUTHENTICATION CODES ENCRYPTION FUNCTIONS AUTHENTICATION APPLICATIONS ELECTRONIC MAIL AND INTERNET SECURITY PRETTY GOOD PRIVACY (PGP) S/MIME AND PGP IPSEC INTERNETWORKING AND SECURITY — FIREWALLS CLIENT–SERVER MODEL AND COOKIES HISTORY OF THE INTERNET AND THE WWW APPLICATIONS AND THE FUTURE LOGIN AND NETWORK SECURITY WIRELESS SECURITY SMART CARDS BIOMETRICS QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY COMPLIANCE 10 NONCRYPTOGRAPHIC SECURITY ISSUES 10 1 CYBERCRIME 10 2 HACKERS 10 3 VIRUSES AND OTHER INFECTIONS 10 4 LEGAL MATTERS AND CONTROVERSY 11 INFORMATION THEORY AND CODING 11 1 SHANNON 11 2 ENTROPY 11 3 HU?MAN CODES 11 4 INFORMATION THEORY OF CRYPTOSYSTEMS 11 5 ERROR-CORRECTING CODES