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Cryptography Algorithms

By : Massimo Bertaccini
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Cryptography Algorithms

By: Massimo Bertaccini

Overview of this book

Cryptography Algorithms is designed to help you get up and running with modern cryptography algorithms. You'll not only explore old and modern security practices but also discover practical examples of implementing them effectively. The book starts with an overview of cryptography, exploring key concepts including popular classical symmetric and asymmetric algorithms, protocol standards, and more. You'll also cover everything from building crypto codes to breaking them. In addition to this, the book will help you to understand the difference between various types of digital signatures. As you advance, you will become well-versed with the new-age cryptography algorithms and protocols such as public and private key cryptography, zero-knowledge protocols, elliptic curves, quantum cryptography, and homomorphic encryption. Finally, you'll be able to apply the knowledge you've gained with the help of practical examples and use cases. By the end of this cryptography book, you will be well-versed with modern cryptography and be able to effectively apply it to security applications.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
1
Section 1: A Brief History and Outline of Cryptography
3
Section 2: Classical Cryptography (Symmetric and Asymmetric Encryption)
7
Section 3: New Cryptography Algorithms and Protocols
12
Section 4: Homomorphic Encryption and the Crypto Search Engine

Introduction to Q-Mechanics and Q-Cryptography

So far in this book, the kind of cryptography we have analyzed always followed the laws of logic and rigorous mathematical canons. Now, we are approaching it with a different logic. We are leaving the logic of classical mathematics and landing in a new dimension where something could be everything and the opposite of everything.

We have to face off with a kind of science that Niels Bohr (one of the fathers of Q-Mechanics) said this about: "Anyone who can contemplate quantum mechanics without getting dizzy hasn't understood it." Einstein's divergence defined the entanglement theory as a phantasmatic theory.

A couple of preliminary considerations about Q-Cryptography and Q-Mechanics are as follows:

  • All the cryptography you have learned until now, even the most evolute, robust, and sophisticated, relies on two elements:
    1. The difficulty to break it depends on the algorithm and its underlying mathematical problem...