Implementing Elliptic Curve Cryptography [Paperback]

Michael Rosing (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1998

How to develop cryptosystems that utilize minimal resources to get maximum security.

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About the Author

Rosing currently builds DSP hardware for the University of Wisconsin in Madison

Product Details

• Paperback: 338 pages
• Publisher: Manning Publications (January 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1884777694
• ISBN-13: 978-1884777691
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,089,182 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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28 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars rated 1 star as -5 isn't an option, November 20, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Implementing Elliptic Curve Cryptography (Paperback)

"Lack of clear definitions?" Not a single definition in this book is correct! The author so badly mangles the terminology of basic undergraduate algebra, that it's hard to believe he understands anything of this advanced subject. This book is an abomination that was printed over the strong objections of an expert reviewer by a company more interested in publishing quantity than quality. I mourn the trees that have been sacrificed.

The reviewer who claims to have worked in ECC for 10 years, but is still looking for a good intro, wasn't paid enough to write a favorable review of this book! My recommendation: pick up a copy of Seroussi/Blake/Smart today and wait for a sale, if you must, on Koblitz, Silverman and Menezes. All of these are excellent works by knowledgeable, well-respected mathematicians.

20 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Worthy Effort, February 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Implementing Elliptic Curve Cryptography (Paperback)

Elliptic Curve is the preeminent public key solution for cryptographic problems that are highly constrained in space or time.

This is the only well rounded book I have seen on EC and for such a rarefied topic the author crafts a highly readable account. For that reason I give it 5 stars. Frankly, my jaw dropped when I first spotted this book. I would reccommend this, for the most part, to security architects & developers; those with backgrounds in electrical engineering or applied math will benefit the most. I must also highly commend the author's emphasis on the pertinant IEEE standard(s).

Now... having said all those nice things, I can let loose with a few paint balls. The book inks some rather gargantuan performance claims that I expect will lead folks to some unsustainable conclusions about what is possible in the real world.

The performance of EC and/vs RSA is one area about which I happen to know more than your average circus bear. I have designed and built time constrained systems based on both EC and RSA...and I have scrutinized every aspect of the performance of the underlying cryptographic toolkits down to the milli-second. Bottom line: The raw performance of EC is no substitute for the high craft, skill and insight you apply to the design of your protocols and your systems.

Even after this book, it is possible to, unwittingly, design an EC based system that performs worse than its RSA twin.

Cheers, Robert Walker

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for engineers, as the title says, March 4, 2001

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Amir Helzer (Haifa, Israel) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Implementing Elliptic Curve Cryptography (Paperback)

The book allowed me to gain fair understanding of ECC principles in a matter of hours. It would be difficult to understand without having taken a previous course in cryptography, but if you already have some idea of numbers theory, and you need to get a quick feel of ECC this would be a good place to start. The continued focus on implementation is important to me (being someone who would eventually have to do it). I would add a summary to each section, describing what EXACTLY needs to be done for each operation - less words, more math.