Introduction to Modern Cryptography: Fourth Edition

Introduction to Modern Cryptography, the most relied-upon textbook in the field, provides a mathematically rigorous yet accessible treatment of this fascinating subject. The authors have kept the book up-to-date while incorporating feedback from instructors and students alike; the presentation is refined, current, and accurate.

The book’s focus is on modern cryptography, which is distinguished from classical cryptography by its emphasis on definitions, precise assumptions, and rigorous proofs of security. A unique feature of the text is that it presents theoretical foundations with an eye toward understanding cryptography as used in the real world. This revised edition fixed typos and includes all the updates made to the third edition, including:

  • Enhanced treatment of several modern aspects of private-key cryptography, including authenticated encryption and nonce-based encryption.
  • Coverage of widely used standards such as GMAC, Poly1305, GCM, CCM, and ChaCha20-Poly1305.
  • New sections on the ChaCha20 stream cipher, sponge-based hash functions, and SHA-3.
  • Increased coverage of elliptic-curve cryptography, including a discussion of various curves used in practice.
  • A new chapter describing the impact of quantum computers on cryptography and providing examples of quantum-secure encryption and signature schemes.

Containing worked examples and updated exercises, Introduction to Modern Cryptography, Revised Third Edition can serve as a textbook for undergraduate- or graduate-level courses in cryptography, a reference for graduate students, researchers, and practitioners, or a general introduction suitable for self-study.

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Introduction to Modern Cryptography: Fourth Edition

Introduction to Modern Cryptography, the most relied-upon textbook in the field, provides a mathematically rigorous yet accessible treatment of this fascinating subject. The authors have kept the book up-to-date while incorporating feedback from instructors and students alike; the presentation is refined, current, and accurate.

The book’s focus is on modern cryptography, which is distinguished from classical cryptography by its emphasis on definitions, precise assumptions, and rigorous proofs of security. A unique feature of the text is that it presents theoretical foundations with an eye toward understanding cryptography as used in the real world. This revised edition fixed typos and includes all the updates made to the third edition, including:

  • Enhanced treatment of several modern aspects of private-key cryptography, including authenticated encryption and nonce-based encryption.
  • Coverage of widely used standards such as GMAC, Poly1305, GCM, CCM, and ChaCha20-Poly1305.
  • New sections on the ChaCha20 stream cipher, sponge-based hash functions, and SHA-3.
  • Increased coverage of elliptic-curve cryptography, including a discussion of various curves used in practice.
  • A new chapter describing the impact of quantum computers on cryptography and providing examples of quantum-secure encryption and signature schemes.

Containing worked examples and updated exercises, Introduction to Modern Cryptography, Revised Third Edition can serve as a textbook for undergraduate- or graduate-level courses in cryptography, a reference for graduate students, researchers, and practitioners, or a general introduction suitable for self-study.

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Introduction to Modern Cryptography: Fourth Edition

Introduction to Modern Cryptography: Fourth Edition

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Overview

Introduction to Modern Cryptography, the most relied-upon textbook in the field, provides a mathematically rigorous yet accessible treatment of this fascinating subject. The authors have kept the book up-to-date while incorporating feedback from instructors and students alike; the presentation is refined, current, and accurate.

The book’s focus is on modern cryptography, which is distinguished from classical cryptography by its emphasis on definitions, precise assumptions, and rigorous proofs of security. A unique feature of the text is that it presents theoretical foundations with an eye toward understanding cryptography as used in the real world. This revised edition fixed typos and includes all the updates made to the third edition, including:

  • Enhanced treatment of several modern aspects of private-key cryptography, including authenticated encryption and nonce-based encryption.
  • Coverage of widely used standards such as GMAC, Poly1305, GCM, CCM, and ChaCha20-Poly1305.
  • New sections on the ChaCha20 stream cipher, sponge-based hash functions, and SHA-3.
  • Increased coverage of elliptic-curve cryptography, including a discussion of various curves used in practice.
  • A new chapter describing the impact of quantum computers on cryptography and providing examples of quantum-secure encryption and signature schemes.

Containing worked examples and updated exercises, Introduction to Modern Cryptography, Revised Third Edition can serve as a textbook for undergraduate- or graduate-level courses in cryptography, a reference for graduate students, researchers, and practitioners, or a general introduction suitable for self-study.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781040366509
Publisher: CRC Press
Publication date: 06/24/2025
Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Cryptography and Network Security Series
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 640
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

Jonathan Katz is a senior staff research scientist at Google. He was formerly a professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Maryland, where he also served as director of the Maryland Cybersecurity Cener. He is a fellow of the IACR and the ACM.

Yehuda Lindell is head of cryptogeraphy at Coinbase, and a professor in the Department of Computer Science at Bar-Ilan University. He is a fellow of the IACR.

Table of Contents

1.Introduction

2.Perfectly Secret Encryption

3.Private-Key Encryption

4.Message Authentication Codes

5.CCA-Security and Authenticated Encryption

6.Hash Functions and Applications

7.Practical Constructions of Symmetric-Key Primitives

8.Theoretical Constructions of Symmetric-Key Primitives

9.Number Theory and Cryptographic Hardness Assumptions

10.Algorithms for Factoring and Computing Discrete Logarithms

11.Key Management and the Public-Key Revolution

12.Public-Key Encryption

13.Digital Signature Schemes

14.Quantum-Secure Cryptography

15.Advanced Topics in Public-Key Encryption

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