Crypto books

[David Koontz]

>From: Karl Lui Barrus <klbarrus at owlnet.rice.edu>

>I have this book - "Cryptography and Secure Communications" by Man
>Young Rhee.  It covers basic cryptography (number theory, DES, block
>ciphers, stream ciphers, public key systems) and also communications
>(BCH codes, Reed-Solomon Codes, Error control for cryptosystems).

If you like the Meyer/Matras book 'Crptography', you'll like this one.