I too second the two Schneier books.
"The Code Book" and "Codebreakers" give a nice high level overview of the history of cryptography (but will not give you the math behind the algorithms). _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Adrian Crenshaw Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 10:09 PM To: PaulDotCom Security Weekly Mailing List Subject: [Pauldotcom] Best intro to Crypto book Hi all, I'd like to get some recommendations for a good intro to crypto book. Something that would give me a spring board to understanding the ins and outs of the darknets I've been researching, public key crypto, and the basic math behind things. I'm getting a little tired of only being able to explain things with a wave of the hand and saying "the magic part happens here" and would like to have a deeper understanding. Thanks Adrian ps. A quick and dirty version of the darknets talk from Phreaknic is here: http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=videos/darknets-i2p-tor-phreaknic
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