Recommended reading, if you haven't already: Crypto[1]. It covers a lot of history in a readable format (especially if you're not a mathematician) and deals wit

Recommended reading, if you haven't already: Crypto[1]. It covers a lot of history in a readable format (especially if you're not a mathematician) and deals with a lot of the shrouded history of cryptography in America, the NSA, etc. [1] http://www.stevenlevy.com/index.php/books/crypto http://www.stevenlevy.com/index.php/books/crypto