Criptography for beginner (Dummies?)

[Victor Reyes]

Can anyone suggest some good books about Cryptography for a neophyte?

Thank you

Victor

 

[Lyle Johnson]

Can anyone suggest some good books about Cryptography for a neophyte?

Are you looking for technical or non-technical books?

Bruce Schneier is one of the better authors on this subject. For a
non-technical introduction to some of the issues related to
cryptography, I liked his book "Secrets and Lies" (which is now
available in paperback). For a more technical introduction, there's
his book "Applied Cryptography", which is more along the lines of a
college textbook and will require some good math background.

Hope this helps.

 

[Roland Schmitt]

Hi,

Are you looking for technical or non-technical books?

Bruce Schneier is one of the better authors on this subject. For a
non-technical introduction to some of the issues related to
cryptography, I liked his book "Secrets and Lies" (which is now
available in paperback). For a more technical introduction, there's
his book "Applied Cryptography", which is more along the lines of a
college textbook and will require some good math background.

Hope this helps.

Both books are very good, i think.
Look also at http://www.cacr.math.uwaterloo.ca/hac/, there is the "Handbook of Applied Cryptography" as a pdf-download. You need a good math background too, but it is for free.

Regards,
Roland

 

[Alex Martin Ugalde]

Hi Victor,

Can anyone suggest some good books about Cryptography for a neophyte?

Sure, start with:
Applied Cryptography (http://www.schneier.com/book-applied.html)
CODEBREAKERS (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...102-8920925-7800956?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)

Alex

 

[Lyle Johnson]

Sure, start with:
Applied Cryptography (http://www.schneier.com/book-applied.html)
CODEBREAKERS (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...102-8920925-7800956?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)

Ah, yes, I forgot about "The Codebreakers". It is sort-of a history
of cryptography, and it is pretty long, but it's a good one too.

 

[Martin DeMello]

Can anyone suggest some good books about Cryptography for a neophyte?

Simon Singh's "The Code Book" is supposed to be excellent.

martin

 

[Thomas Leitner]

I'm currently reading Simon Singh's "The Code Book" and it IS
excellent, tough it is more about the history of cryptography and the
battle between code makers and code breakers.

thomas

 

[PA]

I'm currently reading Simon Singh's "The Code Book" and it IS
excellent, tough it is more about the history of cryptography and the
battle between code makers and code breakers.

Not strictly about cryptography, but interesting read nonetheless is
Simson Garfinkel's "Database Nation":

http://www.databasenation.com/

Another insensitive to take "opportunistic cryptography" seriously

And, as an additional reading for those long winter nights, Ian Grigg's
"WYTM?":

http://iang.org/ssl/wytm.html

Cheers,

PA.