Mike's crypto related Books Page

The Books List

This is my cryptography related books page. These books are, for the most part, written by the people accepted to be industry leaders. If you have any yearning to understand the subject of cryptography more, please check out some of these books. You can find out more about each by clicking on its title, and you can then buy it directly from the Amazon Bookstore if you wish.

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PGP

Phil Zimmermann's own Official PGP User's Guide, The
Phil Zimmermann's own PGP Source Code and Internals
Simon Garfinkel's PGP: Pretty Good Privacy
William Stallings' Protect Your Privacy - A Guide for PGP Users

Practical Cryptography:

Steven Levy's Crypto - the evolution of modern cryptography
Douglas Stinson's Cryptography: Theory and Practice
Per Christoffersson et al.'s Crypto Users' Handbook A Guide for Implementors of Cryptographic Protection...
Bruce Schneier's E-mail Security
Alfred Menezes et al.'s Handbook of Applied Cryptography

Pseudorandomness and Cryptographic Applications

Cryptographic Theory, etc:

Procedings of Advances in Cryptology (1997)
Neil Kobiltz' Algebraic Aspects of Cryptography
Bruce Schneier's Applied Cryptography in paperback or hardcover
Alfred J. Menezes et. als' Handbook of Applied Cryptography (series on Applications of Discrete Mathematics)
David Newton's Encyclopedia of Cryptology: aimed at highschool and above students looking for a quick-reference guide (550+ entries)
Simon Singh's The Code Book: the evolution of secrecy, from Mary of Scots to Quantum Cryptography. reviewed on Slashdot.
Friedrich Bauer's Decrypted Secrets, Methods and Maxims of Cryptology
Dominic Welsh's Codes and Cryptography
Neal Kobiltz' Course in Number Theory and Cryptography (Graduate Text in Mathematics)
Donald Knuth's The art of Computer Programming Fundamental Algorithms
Michael Luby's Pseudorandomness and Cryptographic Applications (Princeton Computer Science Notes)

Network Security:

Udo Pooch et al.'s Computer System and Network Security
Edward Amoroso's Fundamentals of Computer Security Technology
Lars Klander's Hacker Proof: The ultimate guide to network security
Derek Atkins' Internet Security: Professional Reference
Mark Edwards' Internet Security with Windows NT
Anonymous' Maximum Security: Hacker's guide to protecting your network
Martin Freiss et al.'s Protecting Networks with Satan

Hackers, Hacker Culture and Governments

(Why you need security)

I've also placed "paranoia" books here, such as those on the government doing regular wiretaps (do a search on Echelon). Some of these books are real stories about hackers and government agencies. Read them if you want a good perspective on what security people are dealing with.

Just as a note, I have read the first two of the following books, and they are excellent!

John Markhoff's Cyberpunk - the official story of Kevin Mitnick and two other famous hackers.
Tsutomo Shimomura & John Markhoff's Takedown - The Pursuit and Capture of Kevin Mitnick, America's Most Wanted Computer Outlaw-By the Man Who Did It
also available in hardcover.
Jonathan Littman's The Fugitive Game - Online with Kevin Mitnick
Jeff Goodell's The Cyberthief and the Samurai - The True Story of Kevin Mitnick-And the Man Who Hunted Him Down
James Bamford: The Puzzle Palace: A Report on America's Most Secret Agency (The NSA).
Whitfield Diffie & Susan Landau: Privacy on the Line: the politics of wiretapping and encryption.
David Kahn: The Codebreakers: The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet.
I don't usually recommend movies here, but I would highly recommend seeing Enemy of the State with Will Smith as it is a great example of "Big Brother" at work. A good all 'round movie too contrary to the review on the above site. Buy it on [ DVD | VHS ]

If you have read a book on any of these subjects, and think it should be added to this list, E-Mail me with the name and author or ISBN.