Summary

This book provides a practical introduction to cryptographic principles & algorithms for communication security & data privacy-both commercial & military-written by one of the world's leading authorities on encryption & coding. Covering the latest developments in cryptography for all data communication professionals who need an understanding of cryptographic technology, the book explains the Data Encryption Standard, stream ciphers, public-key cryptosystems, arithmetic operating circuits, important classes of BCH & Reed-Solomon codes for multiple-error correction, ciphertext protection against illegal deletion or injection of information, practical cryptographic applications, & more.