CS595: Cryptography and Network Security
Wonderful books (some are online)
v The official course text is Cryptography and Network Security: Principles and
Practice; Second Edition. By William Stallings,
Prentice Hall, Hardcover, Published June 1998, 570 pages, ISBN 0138690170 .
v One useful text is Network Security Essentials : Applications and
Standards by William
Stallings. Prentice Hall, Hardcover, Published November 1999, 366 pages,
ISBN 0130160938
v Another useful text, Cryptography: Theory and Practice by Douglas R. Stinson,
CRC press, hardcover, Published
March, 1995. ISBN 0-8493-8521-0
v
You will also find another text useful later in the
course: Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked
World by Bruce Schneier John Wiley, Published August 2000, 412
pages, ISBN 0471253111
v
Handbook of Applied Cryptography
by Alfred
J. Menezes,
Sample Chapters 
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Chapter 1 - Overview of Cryptography (48 pages)
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Chapter 2 - Mathematics Background (38 pages)
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Chapter 3 - Number-Theoretic Reference Problems
(46 pages)
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Chapter 4 - Public-Key Parameters (36 pages)
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Chapter 5 - Pseudorandom Bits and Sequences (22
pages)
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Chapter 6 - Stream Ciphers (32 pages)
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Chapter 7 - Block Ciphers (60 pages)
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Chapter 8 - Public-Key Encryption (36 pages)
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Chapter 9 - Hash Functions and Data Integrity
(61 pages)
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Chapter 10 - Identification and Entity
Authentication (40 pages)
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Chapter 11 - Digital Signatures (64 pages)
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Chapter 12 - Key Establishment Protocols (53
pages)
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Chapter 13 - Key Management Techniques (48
pages)
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Chapter 14 - Efficient Implementation (44 pages)
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Chapter 15 - Patents and Standards (27 pages)
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Appendix - Bibliography of Papers from Selected
Cryptographic Forums (40 pages)
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References (52 pages)
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Index (26 pages)