Re: Good Crypto Book

1999-02-19 Thread Joshua Lackey
The book you are thinking of is probably "Handbook of Applied Cryptography" by Alfred Menezes. There is another just out by Neil Koblitz, "Algebraic Aspects of Cryptography." I can't really comment on either book, I haven't read Menezes' and the version of Koblitz's book I have is pre-beta. In

Re: Good Crypto Book

1999-02-19 Thread Andrew Cooke
Found it - Web Security and Commerce is a very good intro to security issues. By Garfinkel and Spafford, pub by O'Reilly. Andrew At 02:17 PM 2/19/99 +, you wrote: > >This may be the same book... on a similar vein (good intro, but no >maths) try the Nutshell book with the shark on the fron

Re: Good Crypto Book

1999-02-19 Thread Andrew Cooke
This may be the same book... on a similar vein (good intro, but no maths) try the Nutshell book with the shark on the front. Can't remember the title or author and it looks like someone has "borrowed" it Andrew At 12:13 PM 2/19/99 +, you wrote: >On Fri 19 Feb, John wrote: >> Hi guys,

Re: Good Crypto Book

1999-02-19 Thread Simon Middleton
On Fri 19 Feb, John wrote: > Hi guys, > > Do you advise any good cryptography book? I got Bruce Schneier > second edition of Applied Cryptography, but still looking for something > else. For a higher level read try 'Internet Cryptography' by Richard E Smith. It is aimed at managers and other peo

Re: Good Crypto Book

1999-02-19 Thread Lutz Behnke
John wrote: > > At 12:36 PM 2/19/99 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi guys, > >>> > >>> Do you advise any good cryptography book? I got Bruce Schneier > >>> second edition of Applied Cryptography, but still looking for something > >>> else. > > > >What's wrong with this book for you?

Re: Good Crypto Book

1999-02-19 Thread Heiko Nardmann
John wrote: > > Hi guys, > > Do you advise any good cryptography book? I got Bruce Schneier > second edition of Applied Cryptography, but still looking for something > else. > Easier one or going deeper? For deeper documentation I recommend "Cryptography - Theory and Practice" Douglas R. Sti