Goutam Paul is an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Jadavpur University. Dr. Paul has published articles in numerous refereed journals, including Discrete Applied Mathematics, Journal of Mathematical Cryptology, and Designs, Codes and Cryptography. His research interests include cryptography, security, steganography, and combinatorial algorithms.Subhamoy Maitra is a professor at the Indian Statistical Institute. Dr. Maitra has contributed extensively to many peer-reviewed journals, such as IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Discrete Mathematics, and Designs, Codes and Cryptography. He is also on the editorial board of Cryptography and Communications: Discrete Structures, Boolean Functions and Sequences. His research interests include cryptographically significant Boolean functions, design and cryptanalysis of stream ciphers, analysis of RSA and factorization, and cryptanalysis of digital watermarking schemes.

"This remarkable monograph is 'the first one on RC4.' The theory surrounding the development of RC4 is very helpful for the study of stream ciphers in general, as the authors say. The book will be of interest to scholars and students whose expertise lies in cryptography, applied mathematics, computer security, and so on." -Zhixiong Chen, Mathematical Reviews, January 2013 "I am delighted to introduce the first complete book on RC4, the most popular and widely deployed software stream cipher. ... This book contains not only the authors' own research materials, but it has nicely assimilated the results of others to make it a complete treatise on RC4 and its variants. I believe this book will be widely accepted as an important research monograph by both the students and experienced researchers in the field of cryptology." -From the Foreword by Bimal Roy, founder of the Cryptology Research Society of India and director of the Indian Statistical Institute

• Introduction to Cryptography. Stream Ciphers and RC4. Analysis of Key Scheduling. Key Recovery from State Information. Analysis of Keystream Generation. Distinguishing Attacks. WEP and WPA Attacks. Fault Attacks. Variants of RC4. Stream Cipher HC-128. Conclusion. Appendices. Bibliography. Index.

Goutam Paul is an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Jadavpur University. Dr. Paul has published articles in numerous refereed journals, including Discrete Applied Mathematics, Journal of Mathematical Cryptology, and Designs, Codes and Cryptography. His research interests include cryptography, security, steganography, and combinatorial algorithms.Subhamoy Maitra is a professor at the Indian Statistical Institute. Dr. Maitra has contributed extensively to many peer-reviewed journals, such as IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Discrete Mathematics, and Designs, Codes and Cryptography. He is also on the editorial board of Cryptography and Communications: Discrete Structures, Boolean Functions and Sequences. His research interests include cryptographically significant Boolean functions, design and cryptanalysis of stream ciphers, analysis of RSA and factorization, and cryptanalysis of digital watermarking schemes.

"This remarkable monograph is 'the first one on RC4.' The theory surrounding the development of RC4 is very helpful for the study of stream ciphers in general, as the authors say. The book will be of interest to scholars and students whose expertise lies in cryptography, applied mathematics, computer security, and so on." -Zhixiong Chen, Mathematical Reviews, January 2013 "I am delighted to introduce the first complete book on RC4, the most popular and widely deployed software stream cipher. ... This book contains not only the authors' own research materials, but it has nicely assimilated the results of others to make it a complete treatise on RC4 and its variants. I believe this book will be widely accepted as an important research monograph by both the students and experienced researchers in the field of cryptology." -From the Foreword by Bimal Roy, founder of the Cryptology Research Society of India and director of the Indian Statistical Institute

• Introduction to Cryptography. Stream Ciphers and RC4. Analysis of Key Scheduling. Key Recovery from State Information. Analysis of Keystream Generation. Distinguishing Attacks. WEP and WPA Attacks. Fault Attacks. Variants of RC4. Stream Cipher HC-128. Conclusion. Appendices. Bibliography. Index.

Goutam Paul is an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Jadavpur University. Dr. Paul has published articles in numerous refereed journals, including Discrete Applied Mathematics, Journal of Mathematical Cryptology, and Designs, Codes and Cryptography. His research interests include cryptography, security, steganography, and combinatorial algorithms.Subhamoy Maitra is a professor at the Indian Statistical Institute. Dr. Maitra has contributed extensively to many peer-reviewed journals, such as IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Discrete Mathematics, and Designs, Codes and Cryptography. He is also on the editorial board of Cryptography and Communications: Discrete Structures, Boolean Functions and Sequences. His research interests include cryptographically significant Boolean functions, design and cryptanalysis of stream ciphers, analysis of RSA and factorization, and cryptanalysis of digital watermarking schemes.

"This remarkable monograph is 'the first one on RC4.' The theory surrounding the development of RC4 is very helpful for the study of stream ciphers in general, as the authors say. The book will be of interest to scholars and students whose expertise lies in cryptography, applied mathematics, computer security, and so on." -Zhixiong Chen, Mathematical Reviews, January 2013 "I am delighted to introduce the first complete book on RC4, the most popular and widely deployed software stream cipher. ... This book contains not only the authors' own research materials, but it has nicely assimilated the results of others to make it a complete treatise on RC4 and its variants. I believe this book will be widely accepted as an important research monograph by both the students and experienced researchers in the field of cryptology." -From the Foreword by Bimal Roy, founder of the Cryptology Research Society of India and director of the Indian Statistical Institute

• Introduction to Cryptography. Stream Ciphers and RC4. Analysis of Key Scheduling. Key Recovery from State Information. Analysis of Keystream Generation. Distinguishing Attacks. WEP and WPA Attacks. Fault Attacks. Variants of RC4. Stream Cipher HC-128. Conclusion. Appendices. Bibliography. Index.