TY - BOOK AU - Stallings,William TI - Cryptography and network security : principles and practice SN - 0130914290 U1 - 005.82 PY - 2003/// CY - New Delhi PB - Prentice Hall, Pearson Education KW - Computer networks KW - Data encryption (Computer science) KW - Coding theory KW - Computer security N1 - Includes index; Overview -- Classical encryption techniques -- Block ciphers and the data encryption standard -- Introduction to finite fields -- Advanced encryption standard -- Contemporary symmetric ciphers -- Confidentiality using symmetric encryption -- Introduction to number theory -- Public-key cryptography and RSA -- Key management; other public-key cryptosystems -- Message authentication and hash functions -- Hash algorithms -- Digital signatures and authentication protocols -- Authentication applications -- Electronic mail security -- IP security -- Web security -- Intruders -- Malicious software -- Firewalls N2 - "Stallings has provided a state-of-the-art text covering the basic issues and principles and surveying cryptographic and network security techniques. The later part of the book deals with the real-world practice of network security: practical applications that have been implemented and are in use to provide network security. This book is intended for both an academic and a professional audience ER -