Exercices et problèmes de cryptographie
4e édition
A rigorous problem book for learning cryptography — over 150 corrected exercises with course summaries, for L3/master/engineering students — by a French academic cryptographer.
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- Authors
- Damien Vergnaud
- Published
- 2023
- Publisher
- Dunod
- Pages
- 360
- Edition
- 4e édition
- Language
- French
Read this if
Students and self-learners who want to actually practise cryptographic mathematics: corrected exercises on symmetric, public-key and (in recent editions) post-quantum primitives. Preface by Jacques Stern.
Skip this if
Readers wanting applied, deploy-this guidance or a narrative introduction; this is a university exercise book and assumes real mathematical maturity.
Key takeaways
- A genuine exercise-and-problem book — the corrected problems are the point, not prose.
- Covers symmetric, asymmetric and, in recent editions, post-quantum constructions.
- Best as a companion to a crypto course; pairs naturally with Avoine et al.
Notes
The French go-to for practising cryptography with worked solutions. Use it alongside a course or Avoine et al.'s textbook; it's where you turn understanding into the ability to actually solve.
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