Acknowledgments

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This new edition has benefited from review by a number of people, who gave generously of their time and expertise. The following people reviewed all or a large part of the manuscript: Danny Krizanc (Wesleyan University), Breno de Medeiros (Florida State University), Roger H. Brown (Rensselaer at Hartford), Cristina Nita-Rotarul (Purdue University), and Jimmy McGibney (Waterford Institute of Technology).

Thanks also to the many people who provided detailed technical reviews of a single chapter: Richard Outerbridge, Jorge Nakahara, Jeroen van de Graaf, Philip Moseley, Andre Correa, Brian Bowling, James Muir, Andrew Holt, Décio Luiz Gazzoni Filho, Lucas Ferreira, Dr. Kemal Bicakci, Routo Terada, Anton Stiglic, Valery Pryamikov, and Yongge Wang.

Joan Daemen kindly reviewed the chapter on AES. Vincent Rijmen reviewed the material on Whirlpool. And Edward F. Schaefer reviewed the material on simplified AES.

The following people contributed homework problems for the new edition: Joshua Brandon Holden (Rose-Hulman Institute if Technology), Kris Gaj (George Mason University), and James Muir (University of Waterloo).

Sanjay Rao and Ruben Torres of Purdue developed the laboratory exercises that appear in the instructor's supplement. The following people contributed project assignments that appear in the instructor's supplement: Henning Schulzrinne (Columbia University); Cetin Kaya Koc (Oregon State University); and David Balenson (Trusted Information Systems and George Washington University).

Finally, I would like to thank the many people responsible for the publication of the book, all of whom did their usual excellent job. This includes the staff at Prentice Hall, particularly production manager Rose Kernan; my supplements manager Sarah Parker; and my new editor Tracy Dunkelberger. Also, Patricia M. Daly did the copy editing.

With all this assistance, little remains for which I can take full credit. However, I am proud to say that, with no help whatsoever, I selected all of the quotations.