Re: REVIEW: "Cryptography and Network Security", William Stallings

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From: Xcott Craver
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 00:00

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Rob Slade, doting grandpa of Ryan and Trevor <rslade@sprint.ca> wrote:

>"Cryptography and Network Security", William Stallings

	[...]

>For the instructor, student, and professional, this work provides
>thorough coverage, clear explanations, and solid information.

	Some friends of mine took a course on data encryption ca 2 
	years back (another friend taught it,) and they used Stallings's
	textbook.  I was very impressed by it, and would recommend it
	to anyone doing crypto self-study.  
	
	The exercises, in particular, were just perfect:  rather than 
	state, "here is a message encrypted with a substitution cipher,
	go sic 'em," Stallings presents tough enough ciphertext with few 
	enough algorithm clues to force the student to try various 
	avenues of analysis, but not so intractible as to be discouraging
	(or to prevent the instructor from assigning the problems and
	fixing a due date.)   Great stuff.

							-Xcott

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From: caj@baker.math.niu.edu (Xcott Craver)
Subject: Re: REVIEW: "Cryptography and Network Security", William Stallings
Date: 1998/11/24
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