Serious Cryptography, 2nd Ed (No Starch Press)
Wednesday, 16 October 2024

Subtitled "A Practical Introduction to Modern Encryption", this thoroughly revised and updated second edition introduces modern cryptography and down fundamental mathematical concepts without shying away from meaty discussions of how they work. Jean-Philippe Aumasson provides insights into topics like authenticated encryption, secure randomness, hash functions, block ciphers, and public-key techniques such as RSA and elliptic curve cryptography.

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This second edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect the latest developments in cryptography, and there's a completely new chapter covering the cryptographic protocols in cryptocurrency and blockchain systems.

Author: Jean-Philippe Aumasson
Publisher: No Starch
Date: October 2024
Pages: 376
ISBN: 978-1718503847
Print: ‎ 1718503849
Kindle: B0CZ94T2Q3
Audience: General
Level: Introductory/Intermediate
Category: Security

Topics include:

  • The basics of computational security, attacker models, and forward secrecy
  • The strengths and limitations of the TLS protocol behind HTTPS secure websites
  • Quantum computation and post-quantum cryptography
  • How algorithms like AES, ECDSA, Ed25519, Salsa20, and SHA-3 work
  • Advanced techniques like multisignatures, threshold signing, and zero-knowledge proofs

 

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