Pretty Good Privacy
Other Misc
News Groups
Newsgroups are OK, but I always worry that newbies will read the posting of David A Scott and Anthony Stephen Szopa, believe them and use the snake-oil programs. Oh well, makes the NSA & GCHQ's job easier and saves us tax-payers money :-)
Mailing Lists
Books
Sorry, only books I own are included. Pointers to good crypto books appreciated!
Applied Cryptography - 2nd Edition, B.Schneier, 1996.
ISBN: 0-471-11709-9
Bible for crypto-wannabies and professionals alike. THE definitive piece, need I say more ?
Handbook of Applied Cryptography, A.J.Menezes, P.C.van Oorschot & S.A.Vanstone, 1996.
ISBN: 0-8493-8523-7
Heavy and comprehensive! A "must buy" book.
Cryptography - Theory and Practice, Douglas R Stinson, 1995.
ISBN: 0-8493-8521-0
Another great book.
A Course in Number Theory, Neal Koblitz, 1994.
ISBN: 0-387-94293-9
Mathematical aspects of crypto.
Decrypted Secrets, F.L.Bauer, 1997.
ISBN: 3-540-60418-9
Good discussion of older cryptanalysis.
Computers and Intractability, Michael Garey & David Johnson, 1997.
ISBN: 0-7167-1045-5
A guide to the theory of NP-completeness. Heavy but rewarding reading!
Computational Complexity, Christos Papdimitriou, 1994.
ISBN: 0-201-53082-1
A comprehensive review of algorithmic complexity.
Cryptography and Data Security, D.Denning, 1983.
ISBN: 0-201-10150-5
Sound cryptography introduction.
Security in Computing - 2nd Edition, C.Pfleeger, 1997.
ISBN: 0-13-185794-0
Covers both cryptography and the wider issues of information & computer systems.
Computer Security Handbook - 3rd Edition, Hutt, Bosworth & Hoyt, 1995.
ISBN: 0-471-11854-0
The Security Officers bible. A very serious tomb!
Cryptography and Secure Communication, M.Rhee, 1994.
ISBN: 0-07-112502-7
Nuts and bolts cryptography.
E-Mail Security with PGP and PEM, B.Schneier, 1995.
ISBN: 0-47-105318-x
The title says it all.
Privacy on the Line - The Politics of Wiretapping and Encryption, W.Diffie & S.Landau, 1998.
ISBN: 0-262-04167-7
Excellent, balanced discussion of the national security/law enforcement vs. personal privacy debate.
Building in Big Brother, L.Hoffman, 1995.
ISBN: 0-387-94441-9
Excellent compilation of papers on cryptographic papers - if a little dated.
The Code-Breakers, D.Kahn, 1996.
ISBN: 0-684-83130-9
"The Comprehensive History of Secret Communications from Ancient Times to the Internet". It is!
The Puzzle Palace, J.Bamford, 1983.
ISBN: 0-14-006748-5
America's most secret agency revealed. Fascinating! Who only knows how much they have progressed in the 15 years proceeding this publication?
For the President's Eyes Only, C.Andrew, 1996.
ISBN: 0-06-092178-1
Not a book about Ms Lewinsky but rather "Secret Intelligence and the American Presidency from Washington to Bush". A great insight into intelligent agencies in the USA.
Marching Orders - The Untold Story of World War II, B.Lee, 1995.
ISBN: 0-517-57576-0
Discusses the use of ULTRA & MAGIC by the allies.
Inside CIA's private world, H.B.Westerfield, 1995.
ISBN: 0-300-07264-3
Recently declassified articles from the CIA's Studies in intelligence. Interesting!
Betrayal - The Story Of Aldrich Ames An American Spy, Weiner, Johnston & Lewis, 1995.
ISBN: 1-86066-046-0
Who was more incompetent? Ames or the CIA?
A Century Of Spies - Intelligence in the Twentieth Century, J.T.Richelson, 1995.
ISBN: 0-19-511390-x
ok, if a little light-weight.
The US Intelligence Community, J.T.Richelson, 1995.
ISBN: 0-8133-2376-2
"The authoritative survey of the American cloak-and-dagger establishment". Indeed!
Persuasion and Privacy in Cyberspace, L.Gurak, 1997.
ISBN: 0-300-06963-4
Haven't read it yet.
Technology and Privacy: The New Landscape, P.Agre & M.Rotenberg, 1997.
ISBN: 0-262-01162-x
Haven't read it yet.
Shamans, Software and Spleens, J.Boyle, 1996.
ISBN: 0-674-80522-4
Haven't read it yet.
The Art of Computer Programming Volume 2 - Seminumerical Algorthms, D.Knuth, 1998.
ISBN: 0-201-89684-2
Loads of details on pseudo-random number generation, fast exponentiation etc.
The Right To Privacy, E.Alderman & C.Kennedy, 1995.
ISBN: 0-679-41986-1
Haven't read it yet.