Re: Cryptography/Cryptanalysis

[Lesley van Zijl <zyl () xs4all nl>]

I ordered 2 books about cryptography a week ago:
- Modern Cryptography: Theory and Practice
- Practical Cryptography

I got the titles from:

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=114515&highlight=crypto

About implementing it, think about the SSL encryption on some websites. 
I thought that was pretty interesting so I took some time too find out 
what it really does,
and it really was interesting :), it uses symmetric cryptography, 
public/private key cryptography, digesting.
So if you want to taste some cryptography read about ssl :)



nokio x0 wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm really interested in the field of cryptanalysis, but am not really 
> familiar with cryptography. The texts I have read have explained what 
> cryptography is, but havent really given me an example of implementing 
> it in real life(ie: encrypting a unix file system with aes(just an 
> example)). If there are any books/online texts you can refer me to 
> please do so. Also, what guides/books do you recommend I should take a 
> look at on the subject of Cryptanalysis? My goal is to some-day become 
> a cryptanalist for the NSA. Sounds cheasy but from what I know about 
> cryptology, facinates me.
> Thanks in advance, any response will be much appreciated.
>
> -j3
>
>
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