Cryptography Books

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Applied Cryptography

Name: Applied Cryptography : Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C, Second Edition
Authors: Bruce Schneier
Publisher: Wiley; 2 edition (October 18, 1995)
Pages: 784
ISBN: 0471117099

Description: This new edition of the cryptography classic provides you with a comprehensive survey of modern cryptography. The book details how programmers and electronic communications professionals can use cryptography-the technique of enciphering and deciphering messages-to maintain the privacy of computer data. It describes dozens of cryptography algorithms, gives practical advice on how to implement them into cryptographic software, and shows how they can be used to solve security problems. Covering the latest developments in practical cryptographic techniques, this new edition shows programmers who design computer applications, networks, and storage systems how they can build security into their software and systems.
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Practical Cryptography

Name: Practical Cryptography
Authors: Niels Ferguson, Bruce Schneier
Publisher: Wiley; 1st edition (March 28, 2003)
Pages: 432
ISBN: 0471223573

Description: Security is the number one concern for businesses worldwide. The gold standard for attaining security is cryptography because it provides the most reliable tools for storing or transmitting digital information. Written by Niels Ferguson, lead cryptographer for Counterpane, Bruce Schneier's security company, and Bruce Schneier himself, this is the much anticipated follow-up book to Schneier's seminal encyclopedic reference, Applied Cryptography, Second Edition (0-471-11709-9), which has sold more than 150,000 copies.
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Cryptography Decrypted

Name: Cryptography Decrypted
Authors: H. X. Mel, Doris M. Baker, Steve Burnett
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; 1st edition (December 21, 2000)
Pages: 352
ISBN: 0201616475

Description: Analyzes secret key exchange problems, and describes the evolution of public key cryptography, with its solution to the key exchange problem. The authors then explain how keys are distributed through digital certificates, and show how three real-world systems--secure mail, secure socket layer, and Internet protocol security--use cryptographic keys and methods.
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