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I am not a cryptographer but I do work in security and The Code Book by Simon Singh is an excellent history of the history of cryptography/cryptanalysis present
by ghostpepper 5y ago
I am not a cryptographer but I do work in security and The Code Book by Simon Singh is an excellent history of the history of cryptography/cryptanalysis presented as periods through history where the pendulum swung between giving the edge to the code makers or breakers. The code makers have been ahead since about the 1970s.
- misterpurple45 5y ago> The code makers have been ahead since about the 1970s. Or so the code breakers would have us believe…
- seanw444 5y agoBeen on a cryptography kick lately, so I went to the city library a couple days ago to find what they had, and I came out with this book. So far, I've gotta give the +1 on this one.
- mimimi31 5y agoI picked that one up because of a similar recommendation, but didn't finish it. I think I was expecting an extensive collection of different ciphers throughout history with some short historical anectodes to go along with them. But it's really more about a few selected historical applications of encryption with a heavy focus on their historical context.
- ghostpepper 5y agoYeah it's definitely 'History with some algorithms' and not 'Algorithms with some history' but I think the latter book is probably easier to find, no?
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- rizzaxc 5y agoI was a middle schooler when I read it. Definitely written for the general public and written well. I remember being stoked when I encountered those concepts again in college and ended up with an extra major in network/ security