Hello!
> > I found "Applied Cryptography - Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code
> > in C", by Bruce Schneier, second edition, to be very useful. The ISBN
> > is 0-471-11709-9.
>
> I also found "SSL and TLS Essentials", Stephen Thomas, Wiley Computer
> Publishing, ISBN 0-471-38354-6 to be quite good.
>
> Easier to read than the RFC's ;-)
>
> > > I would also be interested in book recommendations. I'm computer
> > > literate, and know how to program (mostly C, C++). But I am a
> > > cryptography / security nincompoop. It's a fascinating subject,
> > > though. And of course important and relevant to today's connected
> > > world. So I'd like to know more.
One can also read some book on number theory and algebra (abstract).
That kind of books will describe what is not easily understood
otherwise: Why the underlying problems are viewed as hard? This is not
ofcourse necessary to successfully implement something from a standard,
but its fun. :-)
/Douglas
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