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Das, Abhijit.
     Public-key cryptography : theory and practice / Abhijit Das, C. E. Veni Madhavan.
               p. cm.
     Includes bibliographical references and index.
     ISBN: 978-8131708323 (pbk.)
  1. Public key cryptography. 2. Telecommunication—Security
measures-Mathematics. 3. Computers-Access control-Mathematics. I. Madhavan,
C. E. Veni. II. Title.     TK5102.94.D37 2009
     005.8'2-dc22
                                                                           2009012766

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