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16 Post author: JMiller 18 March 2015 08:32PM

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Comment author: HungryHobo 19 March 2015 10:37:34AM 4 points [-]

For an exceedingly well written intro to crypto I'd recommend The Code Book: The Secret History of Codes and Code-breaking by Simon Singh

When I got around to a final year security comp sci module it turned out that most of the information had been covered in The code book.

Comment author: JMiller 19 March 2015 05:14:42PM 0 points [-]

Awesome, I'll be checking this out for sure. I recently began studying computer security; do you have any more recommendations?

Comment author: Lumifer 19 March 2015 05:17:48PM 2 points [-]

Bruce Schneier's Applied Cryptography is a classic and his other books are also recommended.