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A few insecure ciphers, a seemingly secure cipher and a provably secure ciphers are described to illustrate the basic points in Shannon-theoretic cryptography. Lower bounds for authentication codes in Simmons’ authentication theory are given.
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Sgarro, A. (1990). An Introduction to the Theory of Unconditional Secrecy and Authentication. In: Longo, G., Marchi, M., Sgarro, A. (eds) Geometries, Codes and Cryptography. International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, vol 313. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-2838-1_5
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