Cryptanalysis of number theoretic ciphers
Samuel S. Wagstaff · Choice Reviews Online · 2003
MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATIONS OF CRYPTANALYSIS Terminology of Cryptography Probability Theory Divisibility and Arithmetic Primes Congruences Euler's Theorem and Its Consequences Second Degree Congruences Information Theory Groups, Rings and Fields Finding Large Primes Exponential Methods of Factoring Integers Elliptic Curves Subexponential Factoring Algorithms Computing Discrete Logarithms Random Number Generation THE CRYPTOGRAPHIC ALGORITHMS Private Key Algorithms Public Key Algorithms Signature Algorithms Key Exchange Algorithms Simple Protocols Complicated Protocols Complete Systems METHODS OF ATTACK Direct Attacks Exploiting a User Error Active Attacks References