%0 Book %1 noauthororeditor %A Shannon, Claude %D 1945 %K cryptography %T A MAthematical Theory of Cryptography %X A mathematical theory of secrecy systems is developed. Three main problems are considered. (1) A logical formulation of the problem and a study of the mathematical structure of secrecy systems. (2) The problem of theoretical secrecy,” i.e., can a system be solved given unlimited time and how much material must be intercepted to obtain a unique solution to cryptograms. A secrecy measure called tho “equivocation” is defined and its properties developed. (3) The problem of “practical secrecy.” How can systems be made difficult to solve, even though a solution is theoretically possible.

@book{noauthororeditor, abstract = {A mathematical theory of secrecy systems is developed. Three main problems are considered. (1) A logical formulation of the problem and a study of the mathematical structure of secrecy systems. (2) The problem of theoretical secrecy,” i.e., can a system be solved given unlimited time and how much material must be intercepted to obtain a unique solution to cryptograms. A secrecy measure called tho “equivocation” is defined and its properties developed. (3) The problem of “practical secrecy.” How can systems be made difficult to solve, even though a solution is theoretically possible.}, added-at = {2018-03-05T14:04:15.000+0100}, author = {Shannon, Claude}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2f4083c0272b2f79fe077da0227e43b5c/overleaf}, interhash = {2634df057dcf09e3f4aada22b6438549}, intrahash = {f4083c0272b2f79fe077da0227e43b5c}, keywords = {cryptography}, language = {English}, timestamp = {2018-03-05T14:04:15.000+0100}, title = {A MAthematical Theory of Cryptography}, year = 1945 }