Название: A Cryptography Primer
Автор: Klein Philip
Издательство: Cambridge University Press
Год: 2014
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 140
Размер: 26 mb
Язык: английский
Cryptography has been in use for at least several thousand years. It is listed in the Kama Sutra as one of the 64 arts to be mastered by women. One well-known elementary cryptosystem is attributed to Julius Caesar. Numerous anecdotes attest to the importance of cryptography in war and diplomacy over the years – and to that of cryptanalysis, the cracking of codes. For example, Britain’s interception and deciphering of the Zimmerman telegram, a message from Germany’s foreign minister to the government of Mexico (via the ambassador), helped speed the United States’ entry into World War I, for the message promised Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona to Mexico in return for its help against the United States.