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Cryptography Algorithms

You're reading from   Cryptography Algorithms A guide to algorithms in blockchain, quantum cryptography, zero-knowledge protocols, and homomorphic encryption

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789617139
Length 358 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Massimo Bertaccini Massimo Bertaccini
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: A Brief History and Outline of Cryptography
2. Chapter 1: Deep Diving into Cryptography FREE CHAPTER 3. Section 2: Classical Cryptography (Symmetric and Asymmetric Encryption)
4. Chapter 2: Introduction to Symmetric Encryption 5. Chapter 3: Asymmetric Encryption 6. Chapter 4: Introducing Hash Functions and Digital Signatures 7. Section 3: New Cryptography Algorithms and Protocols
8. Chapter 5: Introduction to Zero-Knowledge Protocols 9. Chapter 6: New Algorithms in Public/Private Key Cryptography 10. Chapter 7: Elliptic Curves 11. Chapter 8: Quantum Cryptography 12. Section 4: Homomorphic Encryption and the Crypto Search Engine
13. Chapter 9: Crypto Search Engine 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

Chapter 8: Quantum Cryptography

In this chapter, I will explain the basics of quantum mechanics (Q-Mechanics) and quantum cryptography (Q-Cryptography). These topics require some knowledge of physics, modular mathematics, cryptography, and logic.

Q-Mechanics deals with phenomena that are outside the range of an ordinary human's experience. So, it might be difficult for most people to understand and believe this theory. First, we will start by introducing the bizarre world of Q-Mechanics and then examine Q-Cryptography, which is a direct consequence of this theory. We will also analyze quantum computing and Shor's algorithm before looking at which algorithms are candidates for post-Q-Cryptography.

So, in this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Introduction to Q-Mechanics and Q-Cryptography
  • An imaginary experiment to understand the elements of Q-Mechanics
  • An experiment on quantum money and quantum key distribution (BB84)
  • Quantum computing...
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