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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Summary of Encryption Books for Beginners
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Date: Thu, 16-Apr-87 14:14:48 EST
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One good book on the simple stuff is Abraham Sinkov's "Elementary
Cryptanalysis".  This was published circa 1970 in some publisher's
mathematics-enrichment series aimed at high schools.  Its strong points
are that it's relatively readable and it discusses statistical methods
as well as the old pencil-and-paper approaches; its weak point is that
the word "elementary" in the title means it, so don't expect the heavy
stuff.
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