Crypto 101

Crypto 101
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Contents
Contents 5
I Foreword 10
1 About this book 11
2 Advanced sections 13
3 Development 14
4 Acknowledgments 15
II Building blocks 17
5 Exclusive or 18
5.1 Description ...................... 18
5.2 A few properties of XOR ............... 19
5.3 Bitwise XOR ..................... 20
5.4 One-time pads .................... 21
5.5 Attacks on ”one-time pads” .............. 23
5.6 Remaining problems ................. 29
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