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Network Security: Private Communication in a Public World, 2nd Edition

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Errata

  • Chapter 3
    • Page 67. "Why permute" box: Ignore the second paragraph. The initial permutation of decryption is the same as the initial permutation of encryption.
    • Page 83. Fig 3-23: subscripts R and B should be r and b.
  • Chapter 4
    • Page 113. Third paragraph of 4.4.1.3: Ignore the rest of the paragraph starting at "Another reason to do EDE..." since the initial permutation of decryption is the same as the initial permutation of encryption.
    • Page 115. Homework Problem 7: the parenthetical remark is wrong, so the problem is probably not worth doing.
  • Chapter 6
    • Page 170 (6.4.4): EFF98 should be ELGA85.
  • Chapter 8
    • Page 201. Last two lines (8.4.1): property B should be property C while property C should be property D.
    • Page 211. Homework Problem 7: right hand side should have a and b instead of b and c.
  • Chapter 11
    • Page 272. (11.3.3, last line of 1): "steals Alice's private key" should be "steals Bob's private key".
  • Chapter 13
    • Page 310 (13.4.1): first paragraph: "the KDC returns the credentials to the KDC" should be "the KDC returns the credentials to the workstation"
  • Chapter 21
    • Page 547. In the picture, the line "MIC (message digest signed with Bob's private key)" should instead be "MIC (message digest signed with Alice's private key)".
  • Chapter 25
    • Page 649. (25.6.6): FORD94 should be FU01.

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