Elliptic Curves in Cryptography

In the past few years elliptic curve cryptography has moved front a fringe activity to a major challenger to the dominant RSA/DSA systems. Elliptic curves offer major advances on older systems such as increased speed, less memory and smaller key sizes. As digital signatures become more and more important in the commercial world the use of elliptic-curve-based signatures will become all pervasive. This book summarizes knowledge built up within Hewlett-Packard over a number of years, and explains the mathematics behind practical implementation, of elliptic cure systems.
Owing to the advanced nature of the mathematic, there is a high barrier to entry for individuals and companies to this technology. Hence this hook will be invaluable not only to mathematicians wanting to see how pure mathematics can be applied but also to engineers and computer scientists wishing (or needing) to actually implement such systems.