Passwords: Philology, Security, Authentication

by Brian Lennon

Cryptology, the mathematical and technical science of ciphers and codes, and philology, the humanistic study of natural or human languages, are typically understood as separate domains of activity. But Brian Lennon contends that these two domains, both concerned with authentication of text, should be viewed as contiguous. He argues that computing's humanistic applications are as historically important as its mathematical and technical ones. What...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067498076X
• ISBN13: 9780674980761
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Belknap
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.5"