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August 20, 2002
Crytpo
I finished reading Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government Saving Privacy in the Digital Age on my plane ride out to San Francisco.
It was a good read. I thought it was going to be much drier than it ended up being. I was thinking it was going to be straight history, but it was much more of a story. The author did a good job of interviewing people and getting the real back story and inside information rather than just what happened in public.
The story basically covers cryptography in the public sector from Diffie and Hellman up to recent things like a lot of the fighting that went on once the Internet gained popularity. Definitely very interesting read with a lot of good information. If you have any interest in cryptography or even just wonder all about how stuff gets encrypted when you guys stuff on the Net, you may find this to be an interesting read.
Posted by Skadz at August 20, 2002 4:12 PM
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I am reading this right now based on your recommendation. I am definitely digging it--it is very well written, and even folks who understand nothing of cryptography (like my fiancee) can pick up the basic principles behind it by reading this text. I read my fiancee a section of it aloud last night to explain public key cryptography (a subject that I have been trying to explain to her for quite awhile now), and it finally clicked for her.
Posted by: cms at August 29, 2002 7:45 AM