Pro Cryptography and Cryptanalysis with C++20: Creating and Programming Advanced Algorithms

© Marius Iulian Mihailescu and Stefania Loredana Nita 2021

M. I. Mihailescu, S. L. NitaPro Cryptography and Cryptanalysis with C++20https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6586-4_2

2. Cryptography Fundamentals

Marius Iulian Mihailescu¹   and Stefania Loredana Nita¹

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Bucharest, Romania

 

Cryptographic history is incredibly long and fascinating. A great and comprehensive reference is The Code Book: The Secrets Behind Codebreaking [1] published in 2003, which provides a non-technical history of cryptography. In the book, the story of cryptography begins around 2000 BC, when the Egyptians used it for the first (known) time, and ends with our era. It presents the main aspects of cryptography and hiding information for each period that is covered and describes ...