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This paper gives a survey of classical cryptographic methods and of the maxims to their proper use in order to resist illegitimate decryption, as a basis for an understanding of modern commercial, computer-based cryptographic systems and for a critical analysis of those.
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Bauer, F.L. (1983). Cryptology - Methods and Maxims. In: Beth, T. (eds) Cryptography. EUROCRYPT 1982. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 149. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-39466-4_2
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