I'm interested in finding out what is currently happening in cryptography. My (basement-level) knowledge of it has come from heavy mathematics-oriented texts; these books and articles make it seem as though all of the work in cryptography is done by Ph.Ds at universities. I suspect that's not the whole story... Questions: - What companies, universities are doing work in cryptography? Are there people who get paid to "do cryptography" that don't work for the NSA? If so, where do they work? - Does cryptography fall under mathematics or computer science at most universities? - Are the real developments in cryptographic algorithms coming from the universities, from companies or from cypherpunks? - Any suggestions on what to read, who to talk to, what to experiment with to move up from basement-level knowledge of cryptography? Thanks... Eric Fogleman