From owner-freebsd-security Mon Sep 17 20:49:25 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from silby.com (cb34181-a.mdsn1.wi.home.com [24.14.173.39]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6411837B411 for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2001 20:49:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 19135 invoked by uid 1000); 18 Sep 2001 03:49:19 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 18 Sep 2001 03:49:19 -0000 Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 22:49:19 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Silbersack To: Michael Richards Cc: , Subject: Re: US Congress already discussing bans on strong crypto In-Reply-To: <3BA6C281.0001FF.04743@frodo.searchcanada.ca> Message-ID: <20010917224629.E19035-100000@achilles.silby.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Michael Richards wrote: > I've heard this book talked about a lot. Is it suitable to mere math > mortals? I had enough trouble understanding how RSA worked :) > > -Michael Which book? The Code Book is a history of crypto book; no math, lots of interesting history. Applied Crypto is basically a text book on crypto algorithms. There are a few interesting sections, but the majority of it is simply explanations and code for algorithms. Tons of algorithms, I should specify. So, if you're looking to learn about the history of crypto, get the former book. If you're implementing some crypto system, get the latter. Mike "Silby" Silbersack To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message