Daniel, During a year in this penitentiary, here's five I heard the older cons mutter: 1. "Applied Cryptography," Second edition just out, Bruce Schneier, Wiley, 1996. Flip through it and stare in disbelief and awe. Enjoy 2-5 and return, anxious. 2. "The Codebreakers," David Kahn, Macmillan, 1967. Crypto- biblical tales of lying and cheating via momentarily secret tricks. Continued in 3. 3. "Cyphernomicon," Tim May et al, 1006-Far Future. A wad of inspiring sci-non-fi of miscreating, eluding hard-bars and regaling in off-shore soft-bars. Also, C4. 4. "Cypherpunks archives," All Wholesomes, <www.hks.net>, Infinite. The stingers honey pot for luring beekeepers into berzerk swarms. Wear 5 for protection. 5. "PGP." Download it somewhere somewhat legally while you can, practice picking this sitar. And heave some brick- bucks at benefactor Phil for malefactor dues.