Download or read book A Cryptography Primer written by Philip N. Klein and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-17 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This accessible introduction for undergraduates explains the cryptographic protocols for privacy and the use of digital signatures for certifying the integrity of messages and programs. It provides a guide to the principles and elementary mathematics underlying modern cryptography, giving readers a look under the hood for security techniques and the reasons they are thought to be secure.