Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government—Saving Privacy in the Digital Age

Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government—Saving Privacy in the Digital Age
Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government Saving Privacy in the Digital Age  
Author(s) Steven Levy
Language English
Genre(s) Factual
Publication date 2001
ISBN 0-14-024432-8
OCLC Number 48846639

Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government Saving Privacy in the Digital Age is a book written by Steven Levy about cryptography, and was published in 2001. Levy details the emergence of public key cryptography, digital signatures and the struggle between the NSA and the cypherpunks. The book also details the creation of DES, RSA and the Clipper chip.

See also


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Crypto — Contents 1 Cryptography and cryptanalysis 2 Biology and medicine 3 Fiction …   Wikipedia

  • Cripto. Cómo los informáticos libertarios vencieron al gobierno y salvaguardaron la intimidad en la era digital — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Cripto. Cómo los informáticos libertarios vencieron al gobierno y salvaguardaron la intimidad en la era digital Autor Steven Levy País EEUU Idioma …   Wikipedia Español

  • History of cryptography — The history of cryptography begins thousands of years ago. Until recent decades, it has been the story of what might be called classic cryptography that is, of methods of encryption that use pen and paper, or perhaps simple mechanical aids. In… …   Wikipedia

  • Cypherpunk — Not to be confused with Cyberpunk. A cypherpunk is an activist advocating widespread use of strong cryptography as a route to social and political change. Originally communicating through the Cypherpunks electronic mailing list, informal groups… …   Wikipedia

  • Cryptography — Secret code redirects here. For the Aya Kamiki album, see Secret Code. Symmetric key cryptography, where the same key is used both for encryption and decryption …   Wikipedia

  • Whitfield Diffie — Diffie redirects here. For the country music singer, see Joe Diffie. Whitfield Diffie Born June 5, 1944 …   Wikipedia

  • National Security Agency — NSA redirects here. For other uses, see NSA (disambiguation). For the Bahraini intelligence agency, see National Security Agency (Bahrain). National Security Agency Agency overview …   Wikipedia

  • Political positions of John McCain — U.S. Senator John McCain (R AZ), a member of the U.S. Congress since 1983, a two time U.S. presidential candidate, and the nominee of the Republican Party in the 2008 U.S. Presidential election, has taken positions on many political issues… …   Wikipedia

  • Data Encryption Standard — The Feistel function (F function) of DES General Designers IBM First publis …   Wikipedia

  • Differential cryptanalysis — is a general form of cryptanalysis applicable primarily to block ciphers, but also to stream ciphers and cryptographic hash functions. In the broadest sense, it is the study of how differences in an input can affect the resultant difference at… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”