Crypto Mini Faq

vedaal_at_hush.com
Date: 03/30/04 

Date: 29 Mar 2004 15:15:40 -0800

"Roger Schlafly" <rogerschlafly@mindspring.com> wrote:
                       Crypto Mini-FAQ

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Q: What is the best book on crypto?

>For an elementary exposition, see Cryptography Decrypted, by H.
>X. Mel and Doris M. Baker or The Code Book by Simon Singh.

there is also a recent 'for Dummies' series book that is quite comfortably readable:

http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/DummiesTitle/productCd-0764541889.html

vedaal