Manga Guide to Cryptography

Cryptography is hard but it's less hard when it's filled with adorable Japanese manga. The latest addition to the Manga Guide series <i>The Manga Guide to Cryptography</i> turns the art of encryption and decryption into plain comic illustrated English. <p/>As you follow Inspector Jun Meguro in his quest to bring a cipher-wielding thief to justice you'll learn how cryptographic ciphers work. (Ciphers are the algorithms at the heart of cryptography.) Like all books in the Manga Guide series <i>The Manga Guide to Cryptography</i> is illustrated throughout with memorable Japanese manga as it dives deep into advanced cryptography topics such as classic substitution polyalphabetic and transposition ciphers; symmetric-key algorithms like block and DES (Data Encryption Standard) ciphers; and how to use public key encryption technology. It also explores practical applications of encryption such as digital signatures password security and identity fraud countermeasures. <p/><i>The Manga Guide to Cryptography</i> is the perfect introduction to cryptography for programmers security professionals aspiring cryptographers and anyone who finds cryptography just a little bit hard.