[Sussex] Cryptography, Cryptology and Ciphers...

[Colin Tuckley]

Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote:
> All,
> 
> Does anyone know of a good tutorial or book on basic encryption
> techniques?  I need the real basics here, and if that means that I need
> to buy a maths book and learn from GCSE upwards (I've currently got a
> grade C, and that was nearly 5 years ago...), then so be it.

Try reading "The Code Book" by Simon Singh, it's a good introduction to
cryptography from both the historical and the technical level.

Colin

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