Crypto Dictionary is your full reference resource for all things cryptography.Cryptography from A5/0 to ZRTP Expand your mind and your crypto knowledge with the ultimate desktop dictionary for all things cryptography. Written by a globally recognized cryptographer for fellow experts and novices to the field alike, Crypto Dictionary is rigorous in its definitions, yet easy to read and laced with humor. You ll find:    A survey of crypto algorithms both widespread and niche, from RSA and DES to the USSR s GOST cipher   Trivia from the history of cryptography, such as the MINERVA backdoor in Crypto AG s encryption algorithms, which may have let the US read the secret communications of foreign governments   An explanation of why the reference to the Blowfish cipher in the TV show 24 makes absolutely no sense   Discussions of numerous cryptographic attacks, like the slide attack and biclique attack (and the meaning of a crypto attack )   Types of cryptographic proofs, such as zer