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In article <676@omepd>, perry@inteloa.intel.com (Perry The Cynic) writes:
> Is there something like "Cryptography For Mathematicians"?

Well, actually if one is sufficently trained in math, the research
conferences carried by the main math publishers are reasonable places
to start since the open literature on these topics hasn't been
developing very fast until the last decade or so.

On the other hand, if you would rather rely on someone other than the 
original authors to present the basic concepts, then you should
consider:
           Cryptography: A Primer
           Alan G. Konheim
           Wiley, 1981
This book spun out of a course in cryptographic methods offered by the
author at the Courant Institute in Spring 1978 as well as the authors
investigations in this area for IBM Research.  The book is roughly 400
pages long.  The first 225 inivestigate classical attacks on traditional 
systems ending with the Rotor systems of WWII.  The remainder of the
book includes 50 pages of discussion of DES, 50 pages on public key
systems, and variety of other odds and ends.  More recently, there is:
           Primality and Cryptography
           Evangelos Kranakis
           Wiley, 1986
This latter claims to be specifically targetted to mathematicians and
computer scientists (clearly of the more theoretical bent).  It has an
interesting bibliography as well.  However, it doesn't have the
information on the more traditional systems that the previous one does
(so they complement each other nicely).

Enjoy.

--------------------- BOB (webber@aramis.rutgers.edu)

/* Written  3:22 pm  May 14, 1987 by perry@omepd.UUCP in gorgo.UUCP:sci.crypt */
/* ---------- "Looking for introductions" ---------- */
My apologies for such a trivial question, but can you quote me some
introductory literature in this area?

I am (supposed to be) proficient in mathematics, so I don't need to be tought
about Algebra or Statistics (though any specific methods would probably
be new to me). On the other hand, I have no serious previous experience in
the area of `crypt*'. Actually, I'm just getting curious...
Is there something like "Cryptography For Mathematicians"?

Thanks in advance.
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webber@brandx.rutgers.edu writes:

>In article <676@omepd>, perry@inteloa.intel.com (Perry The Cynic) writes:
>> Is there something like "Cryptography For Mathematicians"?
>
>On the other hand, if you would rather rely on someone other than the 
>original authors to present the basic concepts, then you should
>consider:
>           Cryptography: A Primer
>           Alan G. Konheim
>           Wiley, 1981

I strongly recommend this book. Also recommended but much more elementary
is Abraham Sinkov's book on Cryptanalysis and the Military Cryptanalysis set
by Friedman. The Military  Cryptanalysis has apparently just come into the
open literature. There are many other books, but not devoted to modern
cryptanalytic techniques. One of the best is a Dover reprint by Helen Fouche
Gaines.

(I'll bet that the folks at the NSA do pay attention to this newsgroup :-)

   Mike Andrews (gorgo!mike Oklahoma City)

In article <91100001@gorgo.UUCP> mike@gorgo.UUCP writes:
>My apologies for such a trivial question, but can you quote me some
>introductory literature in this area?
>


I have a print out laying around my desk (somewhere :-)) that I obtained
when doing research for a paper recently written on encryption. The
information is exclusive to periodicals (from On-line Today to Byte) and was
gathered not more than three weeks ago. All the sources cited are recent.

If anyone is interested in a copy, I'd be happy to E-mail it to them.



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