Near-field communication is a new kind of low-cost wireless communication technology
developed in recent years, which brings great convenience to daily life activities such as …

The rapid development of Internet of things (IoT) technology has made the IoT applicable in
many areas of life and has contributed to the IoT's improvement. IoT devices are equipped …

Cryptography, in particular public-key cryptography, has emerged in the last 20 years as an
important discipline that is not only the subject of an enormous amount of research, but …

Why are living things alive? As a theoretical biologist, Robert Rosen saw this as the most
fundamental of all questions-and yet it had never been answered satisfactorily by science …

Traditional medical privacy data are at a serious risk of disclosure, and many related cases
have occurred over the years. For example, personal medical privacy data can be easily …

The first edition of this book was published in 2003. Inevitably, certain parts of the book
became outdated quickly. At the same time new developments have continued apace …

Attacks against computer systems can cause considerable economic or physical damage.
High-quality development of security-critical systems is difficult, mainly because of the …

Security protocols are one of the most critical elements in enabling the secure
communication and processing of information, ensuring its confidentiality, integrity …

A fair non-repudiation protocol should not give the sender of a message an advantage over
the receiver, or vice versa. We present a fair non-repudiation protocol that requires a trusted …

Two distinct, rigorous views of cryptography have developed over the years, in two mostly
separate communities. One of the views relies on a simple but effective formal approach; the …