Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!rutgers!seismo!mcvax!ukc!tcom!idec!howellg From: howellg@idec.UUCP Newsgroups: sci.math,sci.crypt Subject: Re: Encryption Books for Beginners Message-ID: <803@idec.stc.co.uk> Date: Fri, 10-Apr-87 04:36:29 EST Article-I.D.: idec.803 Posted: Fri Apr 10 04:36:29 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 15-Apr-87 00:47:31 EST References: <1606@husc6.UUCP> Sender: root@idec.stc.co.uk Reply-To: howellg@idec.stc.co.uk (Gareth Howell) Organization: STC Network Systems, Stevenage, UK Lines: 13 Xref: utgpu sci.math:892 sci.crypt:303 One of the most readable books I had when I first got into cryptography was "The Codebreakers" by David Kahn. This is as a history of cryptography as a text on cryptographic techniques but is "a jolly good read". 73s Gareth -- Gareth Howell G6KVK @ IO91VX ICL Network Systems, Private Networks Business Centre London Road, Stevenage, Herts, England, SG1 1YB Tel:+44 (0)438 738294 howellg%idec%ukc@mcvax.uucp, idec!howellg@seismo.CSS.GOV