Best intro to Crypto book

[j2mccluggage at adelphia.net (Jody & Jennifer McCluggage)]

I too second the two Schneier books.  

 

"The Code Book" and "Codebreakers"  give a nice high level overview of the
history of cryptography (but will not give you the math behind the
algorithms).

 

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[mailto:pauldotcom-bounces at mail.pauldotcom.com] On Behalf Of Adrian Crenshaw
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Hi all,
    I'd like to get some recommendations for a good intro to crypto book.
Something that would give me a spring board to understanding the ins and
outs of the darknets I've been researching, public key crypto, and the basic
math behind things. I'm getting a little tired of only being able to explain
things with a wave of the hand and saying "the magic part happens here" and
would like to have a deeper understanding.

Thanks

Adrian

ps. A quick and dirty version of the darknets talk from Phreaknic is here:
http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=videos/darknets-i2p-tor-phreaknic

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