Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems
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Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems is Claude Shannon’s foundational paper that established the mathematical basis of modern cryptography and information-theoretic security.
Aliases (2)
- Claude Shannon’s paper "Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems" ×1
- information-theoretic cryptography ×1
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| instanceOf |
journal article
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scientific paper → |
| appliesConcept |
entropy
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equivocation → mutual information → |
| author |
Claude E. Shannon
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Claude Shannon → |
| basedOnWorkCompletedDuring |
World War II
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| citedAs |
Shannon 1949 secrecy paper
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| conclusion |
unbreakable secrecy is possible with appropriate key and system design
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| countryOfPublication |
United States
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| definesConcept |
perfect secrecy
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| demonstrates |
limits of secrecy with finite key length
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relationship between redundancy and cryptanalytic effort → |
| establishesConditionFor |
perfect secrecy
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| field |
communication theory
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cryptography → information theory → |
| hasAbbreviation |
CTSS
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| hasCentralConcept |
redundancy of the language
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uncertainty of the key → unicity distance → |
| impact |
formalization of secrecy in probabilistic terms
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foundation of information-theoretic security → |
| influencedField |
information-theoretic cryptography
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modern cryptography → secure communications → |
| introducesConcept |
information-theoretic security
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| language |
English
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| originalCompletionYear |
1945
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| pages |
656–715
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| publicationYear |
1949
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| publishedIn |
Bell System Technical Journal
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| publisher |
Bell Telephone Laboratories
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| relatedWork |
A Mathematical Theory of Communication
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| showsPropertyOf |
one-time pad
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perfectly secret cipher → |
| subjectOf |
historical analyses of cryptography
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surveys on information-theoretic security → |
| topic |
cipher systems
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cryptanalysis → encryption → key distribution → one-time pad → secrecy systems → |
| usesModel |
noisy communication channel
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stochastic processes → |
| volume |
28
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Referenced by (4)
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Claude Shannon
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Ueli Maurer ("information-theoretic cryptography") → |
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("Claude Shannon’s paper "Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems"")
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CTSS
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