From: fergp@sytex.com (Paul Ferguson)
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 93 10:27:52 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Crypto references
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On Sat, 24 Apr 93 19:52:42 EDT,
 Gatlin Anthony CDT <uunet!usma8.USMA.EDU!x62727g2> wrote -
 
AG> I am looking for some books on advanced bit manipulation
AG> techniques, matrix manipulation algorithms, and variant
AG> functions. Does anyone have a good bibliography?
 
 The WIRED May/June issue (page 59) listed probably the most relevant
 books  on the topics (including the not-so-relevant) -
 
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The Bedside Crypto Reader
Further Readings on Cypherpunk Topics
 
General
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The Codebreakers                    Puzzle Palace
 
David Kahn (Macmillan, 1967).       James Bamford (Penguin, 1983).
The seminal cryptographic history.  A classic expose of thr National
                                    Security Agency.
 
Books on Cryptographic Systems
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Contemporary Cryptography           Cryptography and Data Security
 
Edited by Gustavus J. Simmons       Dorothy Denning (Addison-Wesley,
(IEEE Press, 1991). A fairly        1982). A good primer to the
technical volume offering solid     workings of crypto systems.
background on the subject,
including a chapter on the history
of public-key cryptography by
Whitfield Diffie.
 
Sci-Fi Novels Beloved by Cypherpunks
------------------------------------
 
Ender's Game
 
Orson Scott Card (Tor, 1985). Some vivid scenarios in which crypto
anonymity is crucial.
 
Shock-Wave Rider
 
John Brunner (Balintine, 1976). Chilling representation of an
oppresive lack of privacy in a networked society.
 
True Names
 
Werner Vinge (Blue Jay Books, 1984). A novel of cyberspace-style
sojourns that outline links between electronic identity and physical
identity.
 
Cheers.

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