Part IV. Cryptography

This part of the book explains the way cryptography is used to protect information sent over the Internet. It covers current encryption techniques and cryptography on the World Wide Web. It explains the technical underpinnings of the digital identification techniques introduced in Part III. This section should be particularly interesting to individuals and organizations interested in publishing information on the web and using the web for commercial transactions.

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