The book you are thinking of is probably "Handbook of Applied
Cryptography" by Alfred Menezes. There is another just out by Neil
Koblitz, "Algebraic Aspects of Cryptography."
I can't really comment on either book, I haven't read Menezes' and the
version of Koblitz's book I have is pre-beta. In any case, I would still
recommend both books simply on the strength of lectures I attended by both
of these gentlemen. ("Algebraic Aspects of Cryptography," MSRI.)
(Keeping in mind that Koblitz is a Professor of Mathematics at University
of Washington and Menezes is a Professor of Discrete and Statistical
Sciences at Auburn -- i.e. one should expect an amount of math to be
present in each book. :)
Josh.
On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, Andrew Cooke wrote:
>
> If you want a mathematical intro to the theory of crypto then
> A Course in Number Theory and Cryptography (Koblitz) seems OK
> (I haven't finished yet though ;-) - be warned, though, this is
> a maths textbook, not casual reading, and it covers basic theory,
> not SSL.
>
> For applied stuff, Schneier seems OK - there's another similar book
> out (can't remember the title - something like handbook of applied
> crypto maybe? that is also supposed to be good, but we're waiting
> 'til it's in paperback). Amazon.com are good for finding books
> because they publish other people's comments (but they are also
> pretty expensive - often only selling hardback when softback exists).
>
> Andrew
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