From: Jim Choate <ravage@ssz.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 10:32:42 +0800
To: cypherpunks@ssz.com
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Welcome to the Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer.

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Some popular books that are well respected for learning about Cryptography
and the various issues are:

Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C
Bruce Schneier
ISBN 0-471-11709-9

Disappearing Cryptography
Peter Wayner
ISBN 0-12-738671-8

Internet Cryptography
Richard E. Smith
ISBN 0-201-92480-3

Decrypted Secrets: Methods and Maxims of Cryptology
F.L. Bauer
ISBN 3-540-60418-9


Some sites that that might be of interest:

Austin Cypherpunks

Soda Cypherpunks - Original site