Comment Applied Cryptography, by Bruce Schneier (Score 1) 14
It is my book of reference... I must agree that it's the best. But there are other good reasons for you to choose this book. (I wouldn't write a useless nodding comment :P )
- It explains a lot of the maths required. However I'd still suggest you shell out your good ol' matrix & calculus books... You really _really_ need a good background in maths to be able to make proper use of crypto.
- Great examples... I fell in love with Eva. ;-) no seriously, a lot of the commonly used situations are explained with all their pitfalls.
- Not only that, but there's SOURCE CODE! Yeah! So if you're simply a copycat, you can grab the code at the end of the book and have fun with it.
- If you're a cypherphreak, you can always look at the massive bibliography at the end. So this book is a really good "starting point" book.
Have fun!
Mike
- It explains a lot of the maths required. However I'd still suggest you shell out your good ol' matrix & calculus books... You really _really_ need a good background in maths to be able to make proper use of crypto.
- Great examples... I fell in love with Eva.
- Not only that, but there's SOURCE CODE! Yeah! So if you're simply a copycat, you can grab the code at the end of the book and have fun with it.
- If you're a cypherphreak, you can always look at the massive bibliography at the end. So this book is a really good "starting point" book.
Have fun!
Mike
