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This chapter starts with a look at some of the most popular cryptosystems. The description in this chapter focusses on the fundamental properties and leaves out some details, in particular proofs why certain things work the way they do. The complete underpinnings for these methods are provided in later chapters.
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von zur Gathen, J. (2015). Chapter 2 Basic cryptosystems. In: CryptoSchool. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48425-8_2
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