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Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1992 16:15:09 GMT
SUB: Book Review: Contemporary Cryptology
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BOOK REVIEW OF:
Title:  Contemporary Cryptology - The Science of Information Integrity
Editor:         G.J. Simmons, Sandia National Laboratory
IEEE Order Number:      PC-0271-7
LoC location:           QA76.9.A25C6678  1992
Publisher:      IEEE Press
Date:   March 1992
ISBN:   0-87942-277-7

  This recently published volume contains a good general coverage
of cryptology for the technical reader.  There are 13 chapters divided
into 5 different sections.  Many of the articles are reprints of
widely cited papers published in the IEEE Transactions on Information 
Theory, the Proceedings of the IEEE, or elsewhere, but all are reasonably 
current and the editor has done a good job of selecting and organising
the material.  

  The volume is clearly intended for a technical audience having
a good understanding of mathematics and some exposure to information
theory and some exposure to the basic concepts of cryptology.
People within that intended audience will find the volume very worthwhile
and good technical libraries should acquire it.  Highly Recommended

  Here is the book's organisation (by section and chapter) to give
more detail of subjects covered:

Section 1:      Cryptography
        Chapter 1:      The Data Encryption Standard (DES)
        Chapter 2:      Stream Ciphers
        Chapter 3:      The First 10 Years of Public Cryptology
        Chapter 4:      Public Key Cryptography
        Chapter 5:      A Comparison of Practical Public Key Cryptosystems
                        based on Factorisation and Discrete Logarithms

Section 2:      Authentication
        Chapter 6:      Digital Signatures
        Chapter 7:      A Survey of Information Authentication

Section 3:      Protocols
        Chapter 8:      Overview of Interactive Proof Systems 
                        and Zero-knowledge
        Chapter 9:      An Introduction to Shared Secret and/or
                        Shared Control Schemes and Their Application

Section 4:      Cryptanalysis
        Chapter 10:     Cryptanalysis: A Survey of Recent Results
        Chapter 11:     Protocol Failures in Cryptosystems

Section 5:      Applications
        Chapter 12:     The Smart Card: A Standardised Security Device
                        Dedicated to Public Cryptology
        Chapter 13:     How to Ensure that Data Acquired to Verify
                        Treaty Compliance are Trustworthy.

DISCLAIMER: Opinions expressed are solely those of the author of this
                review.  The author of this review has no vested interest
                in the book and has no affiliation with the book's editor.