This Festschrift volume is published in honor of David Kahn and is the outcome of a Fest held
in Luxembourg in 2010 on the occasion of David Kahn's 80th birthday. The title of this books
leans on the title of a serious history of cryptology named The Codebreakers written by David
Kahn and published in 1967.This book contains 35 talks dealing with cryptography as a whole.
They are organized in topical section named: history technology - past present future
efficient cryptographic implementations treachery and perfidy information security
cryptanalysis side-channel attacks randomness embedded system security public-key
cryptography and models and protocols.
