Encryption Algorithms Made (Somewhat) More Natural (A Pedagogical Remark)
Misha Kosheleva, Владик Крейнович, Luc Longpré · scholarworks - UTEP (The University of Texas at El Paso) · 1998
Modern cryptographic algorithms, such as DES, IDEA, etc., are very complex and therefore difficult to learn. Textbooks explain in detail how these algorithms work, but they usually do not explain why these algorithms were designed as they were. In this paper, we explain why, and thus, hopefully, make cryptographic algorithms easier to learn.