{"product_id":"9781107385597","title":"Foundations of Cryptography: Volume 1, Basic Tools","description":"Cryptography is concerned with the conceptualization, definition and construction of computing systems that address security concerns. The design of cryptographic systems must be based on firm foundations. This book presents a rigorous and systematic treatment of the foundational issues: defining cryptographic tasks and solving new cryptographic problems using existing tools. It focuses on the basic mathematical tools: computational difficulty (one-way functions), pseudorandomness and zero-knowledge proofs. The emphasis is on the clarification of fundamental concepts and on demonstrating the feasibility of solving cryptographic problems, rather than on describing ad-hoc approaches. The book is suitable for use in a graduate course on cryptography and as a reference book for experts. The author assumes basic familiarity with the design and analysis of algorithms; some knowledge of complexity theory and probability is also useful.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47117378879728,"sku":"9781107385597","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781107385597_p0.jpg?v=1763691358","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781107385597","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}