Cryptography and Network Security: Principles and Practice (3rd Edition)

New edition of a practical survey intended for both classroom use and self study. Coverage includes conventional encryption classical and modern techniques, and algorithms; public-key encryption and hash functions; network security, with regard to e-mail, IP, and the Web; and system security intruders, viruses, worms, and firewalls. The appendix contains research and programming projects, and reading/report assignments for teaching the subject.