Introduction to Cryptography
Rajeeva Laxman Karandikar · IGI Global eBooks · 2011
The chapter introduces the reader to various key ideas in cryptography without going into technicalities. It brings out the need for use of cryptography in electronic communications, and describes the symmetric key techniques as well as public key cryptosystems. Digital signatures are also discussed. Data integrity and data authentication are also discussed.Request access from your librarian to read this chapter's full text.