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Article #3538Re: Summary of Encryption Books for Beginners
From: Henry Spencer
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1987 19:14
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1987 19:14
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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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