Chapter 7. Cryptography Basics

This chapter explains the basics of cryptography, a technology on which many secure Internet protocols are based. Cryptography is a complex topic and in this chapter we’re obviously presenting only a summary. For more complete information on cryptography concepts and algorithms, see the references in Appendix C.

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