From: Roland Schmitt <Roland.Schmitt@...>
Date: 2005-01-11T02:09:20+09:00
Subject: Re: Criptography for beginner (Dummies?)

Hi,

Lyle Johnson schrieb:
> On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 01:56:20 +0900, Victor Reyes <victor.reyes@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>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.
> 
> 

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