the content of this book is a little odd: it seems narrowly oriented towards getting enough number theory to understand RSA, Diffie-Hellman, and elliptic curve

the content of this book is a little odd: it seems narrowly oriented towards getting enough number theory to understand RSA, Diffie-Hellman, and elliptic curve cryptography. i very much enjoy a book with the same title but by burton: http://www.mcgraw-hill.co.uk/html/0071244255.html http://www.mcgraw-hill.co.uk/html/0071244255.html it contains a lot more of number theory and a little cryptography too.