Puzzle and "classical" cryptography, as opposed to modern (post Claude Shannon's "Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems"[1] paper from 1949) cryptography. Fro

Puzzle and "classical" cryptography, as opposed to modern (post Claude Shannon's "Communication Theory of Secrecy Systems"[1] paper from 1949) cryptography. From the table of contents no modern cryptosystems are even mentioned. That said, I'd expect it's a good book for people with an interest in historical cryptography and cryptogram puzzles. Most modern cryptography texts will mention the sorts of things in this book's contents in passing, but not really describe the techniques or provide exercises. [1] http://netlab.cs.ucla.edu/wiki/files/shannon1949.pdf http://netlab.cs.ucla.edu/wiki/files/shannon1949.pdf