Cryptography and Network Security-7th edition, william stallings

It is the purpose of this book to provide a practical survey of both the principles and practice
of cryptography and network security. In the first part of the book, the basic issues to be
addressed by a network security capability are explored by providing a tutorial and survey
of cryptography and network security technology. The latter part of the book deals with the
practice of network security: practical applications that have been implemented and are in
use to provide network security.
The subject, and therefore this book, draws on a variety of disciplines. In particular,
it is impossible to appreciate the significance of some of the techniques discussed in this
book without a basic understanding of number theory and some results from probability
theory. Nevertheless, an attempt has been made to make the book self-contained. The book
not only presents the basic mathematical results that are needed but provides the reader
with an intuitive understanding of those results. Such background material is introduced
as needed. This approach helps to motivate the material that is introduced, and the author
considers this preferable to simply presenting all of the mathematical material in a lump at
the beginning of the book