The first half of the book is boring; there is nothing new compared to what
one can learn in school, and one can imagine by himself. But I agree that
the second part, which explains clearly how and why we are using today's
cryptography systems, is quite interesting.
Hopefully the book is so small and easy to read.
Sebastien
"Siddharta
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2002/03/04 21:06
Hi,
I have also read this book. Its a great book, but I must clarify that it is
a book on the history of cryptography and its evolution from ancient times
to the current state. It is not a book on protocols and algorithms. It does
do a great job of making the history interesting and you never really get
bored. I had also better qualify my statement by saying that I havent read
any other book on the history of cryptography, so I cant really compare
with
other similar books.
Siddharta
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From: "Dan Trainor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: A new book that I have found
> The book is entitled, simple enough, "The Code Book", by
> Simon Singh.
