Masters Theses

Abstract

"Since the ancient Egyptian empire, man has searched for ways to protect information from getting into the wrong hands. Julius Caesar used a simple substitution cipher to protect secrets. During World War II, the Allies and the Axis had codes that they used to protect information. Now that we have computers at our disposal, the methods used to protect data in the past are ineffective. More recently, computer scientists and mathematicians have been working diligently to develop cryptosystems which will provide absolute security in a computing environment.

The three major cryptosystems in use today are DES, RSA, and the Knapsack Cryptosystem. These cryptosystems have been reviewed and the positive and negative aspects of each is discussed. A newcomer to the field of cryptology is the Random Spline Cryptosystem which is discussed in detail"--Abstract, page iv.

Advisor(s)

Ho, C. Y. (Chung You), 1933-1988

Committee Member(s)

Wilkerson, Ralph W.
Trimble, S. Y.

Department(s)

Computer Science

Degree Name

M.S. in Computer Science

Comments

A report which is substantially this thesis is available here for download.

Publisher

University of Missouri--Rolla

Publication Date

Spring 1993

Pagination

viii, 48 pages

Note about bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 46-47).

Rights

© 1993 Thomas Gerald Sauder, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Restricted Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Thesis Number

T 6585

Print OCLC #

28757243

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