RE: A new book that I have found

From: Eric Ray (ERay@zixit.com)
Date: 03/05/02 

Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 06:45:42 -0600
From: "Eric Ray" <ERay@zixit.com>
To: <robert.woods@percepta-crm.com>, "'Dan Trainor'" <dan@ript.org>, <security-basics@securityfocus.com>

Have you guys read "The Codebreakers; The Comprehensive History of
Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet" by David Kahn?
I've been told that this is the original "Historical" book regarding
cryptography. If so can anyone compare it to "The Code Book", by Simon
Singh.

Thanks.

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Woods [mailto:robert.woods@percepta-crm.com]
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 10:21 AM
To: 'Dan Trainor'; security-basics@securityfocus.com
Subject: RE: A new book that I have found

Everyone,
  I am just starting that book, and I side with Dan.. It also covers a
history of cryptography, and how it has evolved over centuries. Highly
recommended.

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Trainor [mailto:dan@ript.org]
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 10:11 PM
To: security-basics@securityfocus.com
Subject: A new book that I have found

Hey all -

This might be a bit off subject, but here goes.

To all the heavy readers out there... I have stumbled upon one of the
greatest books about cryptography and cryptographic analysis that I have
ever read. Granted, I haven't read a lot on the subject, but it's still
a great read. The book is entitled, simple enough, "The Code Book", by
Simon Singh.

Not to spoil it, the book talks about the many different techniques of
encryption, decryption, the general study of cryptography, cryptographic
analysis, brute-force, and just plain guessing. If anyone is fairly new
to this subject, as I am, or just want a good read, I would highly
recommend it.

ISBN: 0-385-49531-5
Doubleday Publishing

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