When Leigh Ferguson's high school friend becomes the latest victim of the Skin Traders�a mysterious band of surgically modified thugs who slice skin from their abducted victimsshe knows X is the only person in Arcadia who can stop them. The only question is: who's got thicker skin? * With a shocking Easter egg for longtime readers! * Perfect jumping on point for new readers.
This book provides the most complete description, analysis, and comparative studies of modern standardized and most common stream symmetric encryption algorithms, as well as stream modes of symmetric block ciphers. Stream ciphers provide an encryption in almost real-time regardless of the volume and stream bit depth of converted data, which makes them the most popular in modern real-time IT systems. In particular, we analyze the criteria and performance indicators of algorithms, as well as the principles and methods of designing stream ciphers. Nonlinear-feedback shift registers, which are one of the main elements of stream ciphers, have been studied in detail. The book is especially useful for scientists, developers, and experts in the field of cryptology and electronic trust services, as well as for the training of graduate students, masters, and bachelors in the field of information security.
