CryptoPrivacy: A Cryptographer's Manual

Information is property. Private information is valuable property. This is a tutorial book on designing cryptographic systems used to safeguard private information from unwanted disclosure. For years, governments have used cryptographic systems to protect national security information. Now, since the secrecy which has cloaked cryptography is being dispelled, the application of cryptography to legitimate civilian privacy needs is increasing. People in all walks of life are realizing their legitimate information privacy applications require the unique protection attainable only with cryptographic systems. You, too, can make your home or office your "castle." Those who would presume to function as cryptographers by using codes and ciphers to meet their information privacy needs will find this manual of practical usefulness. Technical articles are lucidly written, abunndantly illustrated, adequately referenced, thoroughly indexed, & logically grouped. CODES: Telecommunications, Error Control, Compression & Compaction, Condensers, Numeration & Notation, Character Sets & Codes. SUBSTITUTION CIPHERS: Transformation Matrixes; Caesar Squares; Vinenere, Beaufort, Variant; Squares, Slides, Disks; Small's Disk; Double Substitution, Exclusive-OR & SIGTOT, Permutations & Cycles, Fractionated Morse, Straddling, Polybius & Nihilist; Checkerway; Hocheck. TRANSPOSITION CIPHERS: DES Faux Pas, Linear Permutations, Skipping Tramp, Zipper, Railfence and Redfence, Columnar Double Transposition, Swagmen, Penney Tramp, Dissociative Transposition.'Pierce, Clayton C. is the author of 'CryptoPrivacy: A Cryptographer's Manual', published 1989 under ISBN 9780960156443 and ISBN 0960156445.