The Joy of Cryptography

The Joy of Cryptography

by Mike Rosulek • joyofcryptography.com •

The Joy of Cryptography is a free undergraduate textbook that introduces students to the fundamentals of provable security.

Latest draft: Jan 3, 2021; 286 pages

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About the Author

Mike Rosulek is a cryptographer and associate professor in the School of EECS at Oregon State University. He has taught cryptography for over 12 years.

For inquiries related to this book, use [email protected], where x is the author's first name.

Additional Information

This book assumes knowledge of basic discrete math concepts; a quick review of these topics is provided in Chapter 0. Readers may also benefit from some familiarity with data structures, algorithms, and theoretical computer science.

Sorry, there are no solutions available for the exercises.

All the sensible textbook titles were already taken. Actual joy not guaranteed.

This book is licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. You must give attribution to the author, must not use this book for commercial purposes, and must distribute derivative works under the same license.

You can find even more information in the book's preface.

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How to Cite

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    title        = "The Joy of Cryptography",
    author       = "Mike Rosulek",
    howpublished = "Online textbook",
    url          = "https://joyofcryptography.com"
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Acknowledgements

This book is possible with support from the National Science Foundation and the Open Textbook Initiative at Oregon State University. Web page design adapted from simple.css by Kev Quirk.

The Joy of Cryptography, by Mike Rosulek