Crypto - Steven Levy

Crypto

How the Code Rebels Beat the Government--Saving Privacy in the Digital Age

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
368 Seiten
2001
Penguin Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-14-024432-8 (ISBN)
11,20 inkl. MwSt
Cryptography is of huge importance today as codes are used for securing the Internet, mobile phones and electronic transactions. This book traces the development of this science and describes the conflicts between those that want to keep codes weak and those who want strong codes available to all.
If you've ever made a secure purchase with your credit card over the Internet, then you have seen cryptography, or "crypto", in action. From Stephen Levy—the author who made "hackers" a household word—comes this account of a revolution that is already affecting every citizen in the twenty-first century. Crypto tells the inside story of how a group of "crypto rebels"—nerds and visionaries turned freedom fighters—teamed up with corporate interests to beat Big Brother and ensure our privacy on the Internet. Levy's history of one of the most controversial and important topics of the digital age reads like the best futuristic fiction.

Steven Levy is the author of Hackers, which has been in print for more than fifteen years, as well as Insanely Great: The Life & Times of Macintosh, the Computer That Changed Everything. He is also Newsweek's chief technology writer and has been a contributing writer to Wired since its inception. He lives in New York City with his wife and son.

Acknowledgments
Preface
The Loner
The Standard
Public Key
Prime Time
Selling Crypto
Patents and Keys
Crypto Anarchy
The Clipper Chip
Slouching Toward Crypto
Epilogue: The Open Secret
Notes
Bibliography
Glossary
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 31.1.2002
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 134 x 198 mm
Gewicht 307 g
Themenwelt Informatik Theorie / Studium Kryptologie
Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik
ISBN-10 0-14-024432-8 / 0140244328
ISBN-13 978-0-14-024432-8 / 9780140244328
Zustand Neuware
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