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From: Jason William RENNIE <jrennie@hardy.ocs.mq.edu.au> Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 10:53:04 +1000 (EST) Subject: Old Cryto stuff,
Can anybody suggest any good books on old cryto techniques ?? I'm finally learning to program, along with the stuff i've got to learn as part of the class i thought i would make a start on learning to code crypotgraphic algorithms. I was after some old ones that are simple to code in software. Unfortuently the one in the back of the Schnier book are a little to complex for my limited programming knowledge so far.
So can anybody help or will i just be ignored like i have been at other times ?
Dover makes several very inexpensive reprints of books that have at least some historical impact. Cryptanalysis: a study of ciphers and their solution Helen Fouche' Gaines ISBN 0-486-20097-3 $4.50 Some topics include: transposition concealment devices nihilist transposition the turning grille substitution consonant-line short cut miltiple alphabet gronsfelt, porta, & beaufort kasiski method vigenere' decryption periodic number cyphers includes several frequency tables and other neat stuff in appendixes Number Theory and It's History Oystein Ore isbn 0-486-65620-9 $9.95 Some topics include: euclids algorism prime numbers aliquot parts indeterminate problems linear indeterminate diophantine equations congruences wilson's theorem eulers theorem converse of fermats theorem Hope it helps. Jim Choate