Intended Audience

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The book is intended for both an academic and a professional audience. As a textbook, it is intended as a one-semester undergraduate course in cryptography and network security for computer science, computer engineering, and electrical engineering majors. It covers the material in IAS2 Security Mechanisms, a core area in the Information Technology body of knowledge; NET4 Security, another core area in the Information Technology body of knowledge; and IT311, Cryptography, an advanced course; these subject areas are part of the Draft ACM/IEEE Computer Society Computing Curricula 2005.

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The book also serves as a basic reference volume and is suitable for self-study.