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Newsgroups: sci.crypt From: mjohnson@netcom6.Netcom.COM (Mark Johnson) Subject: Re: Good books for future cryptostuds In-Reply-To: Ian S Nelson's message of Fri, 1 Oct 1993 16:50:59 -0400 Message-ID: <MJOHNSON.93Oct1171816@netcom6.Netcom.COM> Organization: Netcom, where Usenet costs only 19 dollars a month References: <Agf9Una00VpcEacFxa@andrew.cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1993 01:18:16 GMT Lines: 299

Personally I recommend the single book

_Codes_and_Cryptography_ by Dominic Welsh (Oxford Press).

Note that the Codes in the title are algebraic coding theory and Goppa codes, not dictionaries that map entire words and phrases into numbers.

In the past the following books have been mentioned on sci.crypt.

> > > > Aegean Park Press > P.O. Box 2837 > Laguna Hills, CA 92654-0387 > (714) 586-8811 > > Wayne Barker, who runs it is very nice (and talkative). When I was in > Mission Viejo (the next town to Laguna Hills) visiting my mother, I > gave him a call and he invited me over: it's run out of his house. He > worked for many years in Military Intelligence and has lots of > fascinating stories to tell. > > > > > Here's my list of books, etc., for beginners. This list is heavy on > the cryptanalysis side, rather than the cryptography side, on purpose. > It is a rule of thumb that no one should attempt to design a > cryptosystem without having practiced breaking them. > > David Kahn, The Codebreakers, Macmillan, 1967 > (definitive history of cryptology up to WW-II) > > Gordon Welchman, The Hut Six Story, McGraw-Hill, 1982 > (excellent description of his WW-II crypto work > (breaking the German Enigma); discussion of modern > cryptological implications) > > H. F. Gaines, Cryptanalysis, Dover, 1956 (originally 1939) > (pre-WW-II cryptanalysis) > > Abraham Sinkov, Elementary Cryptanalysis, Math. Assoc. of Amer., 1966 > (pre-WW-II cryptanalysis; more mathematical than Gaines) > > D Denning, Cryptography and Data Security, Addison-Wesley, 1983 > (mostly modern systems; more cryptography than > cryptanalysis; protocols; ...) > > Andrew Hodges, Alan Turing: The Enigma, Burnett Books Ltd., 1983 > (biography of Turing; some coverage of his crypto work > in WW-II) > > The entire list of publications from the Aegean Park Press > P.O. Box 2837, Laguna Hills, CA 92654-0837 > (mostly pre-WW-II reprints; very expensive; good sources) > > Various volumes from Artech House, 610 Washington St., Dedham MA > 02026; including: > > Deavours & Hruh, Machine Cryptography and Modern Cryptanalysis > (operation and breaking of cipher machines through > about 1955). > > Deavours, et al., CRYPTOLOGY Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow > (Cryptologia reprints -- 1st volume) > > Deavours, et al., CRYPTOLOGY: Machines, History & Methods > (Cryptologia reprints -- 2nd volume) > > Cryptologia: a cryptology journal, quarterly since Jan 1977. > Cryptologia > Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology > Terre Haute Indiana 47803 > > Journal of the International Association for Cryptologic Research > (quarterly since 1988). > > The RSA paper: The Comm. of the ACM, Feb 1978, p. 120 > > Claude Shannon's 2 1940's papers in the Bell System Tech Journal. > > Herbert O. Yardley, The American Black Chamber, Bobbs-Merrill, 1931 > (1st hand history -- WW-I era) > > Edwin Layton, "And I Was There", William Morrow & Co., 1985 > (1st hand history -- WW-II era) > > W. Kozaczuk, Enigma, University Publications of America, 1984 > (1st hand history (Rejewski's) -- WW-II era) > > > > Here's some information on cryptology-related journals and bookstores. > The information is not guaranteed to be completely up-to-date. > Last updated: 6 February 1993 mrr@scss3.cl.msu.edu > > ===== JOURNALS ===== > > Journal of Cryptology > Springer-Verlag New York, Inc. > Service Center Secaucus > 44 Hartz Way > Secaucus, NJ 07094 USA > (201)348-4033 > > $87/year + $8 postage & handling. Published three times a year. > Scholarly journal. > > > Cryptosystems Journal > Tony Patti, Editor and Publisher > P. O. Box 188 > Newtown, PA 18940-0188 USA > (215)579-9888 tony_s_patti@cup.portal.com > > $45/year. Published three times a year. > Journal dedicated to the implementation of cryptographic systems > on IBM PCs. Emphasis on tutorial/pragmatic aspects. Evidently > all articles are written by the publisher. > > > CRYPTOLOGIA > Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology > Terre Haute, IN 47803 USA > > $34/year. Published four times a year. > Blend of cryptlogical history and technique, including some modern > techniques. Edited by such well-known figures as David Kahn and Cipher > Devours. This is not the place where the latest breakthroughs > are published, though. > > > FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGE > PO BOX 770813 > LAKEWOOD, OH 44107 > > $18 a year - make check m/o to Darren Smith (editor). > Jack Jeffries (cj137@cleveland.Freenet.Edu) says that this is a > local publication which has articles on cryptology. That's all > I know about it. > > > The Cryptogram > Journal of the American Cryptogram Association > P. O. Box 6454 > Silver Spring, MD 20906 > > Available by joining the ACA; dues are probably about $20/year by now. > Published six times a year. > Contains mostly puzzles for you to solve. No techniques invented > after 1920 are used, with simple substitution being the most common. > Also contains articles on classical cryptosystems, and book reviews. > Not a scholarly journal. > > > The Cryptogram Computer Supplement > Dan Veeneman > P. O. Box 7 > Burlington, IL 60109 USA > > $2.50/issue. Published three times a year for ACA members. > Newsletter for computer hobbyist members of the ACA. > > > The Public Key > George H. Foot, Editor > Waterfall, Uvedale Road > Oxted, Surry RH8 0EW > United Kingdom > > (Cost unknown.) > Magazine devoted to public key cryptography, especially amoungst > personal computer owners. [Note that RSA's patents do not apply in > Europe, hence the existence of this magazine.] > > > Also of interest: > > IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. > (Address and price not handy at the moment.) > > Not a crypto journal, of course, but occasionally contains articles of > major cryptologic significance. > > > The Transactions of The Institute of Electronics, Information and > Communication Engineers ( IEICE ) > English edition of this Japanese journal available through: > Maruzen Co., Ltd. > P.O. Box 5050, Tokyo International > 100 - 31, Japan > > $10/issue or $120/year. Published twelve times a year. Similar to > IEEE Trans on Information Theory. The June 90 edition is entirely > devoted to cryptography. Back issues are available. > > > Infosecurity News > MIS Training Institute Press, Inc. > 498 Concord Street > Framingham MA 01701-2357 > > Nominally $40/year (6 issues), but free to "qualified" subscribers. > This trade journal is oriented toward administrators and covers > viruses, physical security, hackers, and so on more than cryptology. > Furthermore, most of the articles are written by vendors and hence > are biased. Nevertheless, there are occasionally some rather good > crypto articles. > > > ===== BOOKSTORES / PUBLISHERS ===== > > Aegean Park Press > P. O. Box 2837 > Laguna Hills, CA 92654-0837 > > Publishers of books on cryptology, mostly reprints of fairly advanced > texts on classical cryptology. (Including over 15 books by the famous > WW II cryptologists Friedman, Callimahos, and Kullback). They have > over 50 books related to cryptology, and a smaller number of books on > other areas such as military intelligence. Recommended. > > > Artech House > 610 Washington St., > Dedham MA 02026 > > Publishes various books on cryptology, including some collections > of articles from CRYPTOLOGIA. > > Alec Chambers (jac54@cas.org) adds the following bookstores: > > National Intelligence Book Center > > This is the only organization anywhere to act as a collecting > point for new books on topics such as espionage, crypto., and > computer security. They scour the world for books and some will > be expensive because they air-freight everything in. It is > easiest to contact them by phone: > > 202-785-4334 > Fax: 202-785-7456. > > You will probably talk to Elizabeth Bancroft (who runs the whole thing). > > In addition, they have a publication called the "Surveillant" (6 issues/ > year, $48.00) which announces new acquisitions and has some news > from the intelligence field. Each issue comes with a check-off order > form for books announced in that issue. It can be contacted at: > > Surveillant, > Lock Box Mail Unit 18757 > Washington, DC 20036-8757. > > > Second-hand Specialists: > > There are four dealers who specialize in espionage and related fields > in the U.S. I have dealt very happily with two of them (that's all I > can afford to support). They are: > > Cloak and Dagger Books > Dan D. Halpin Jr. > 9 Eastman Ave > Bedford, NH 03110 > > 603-668-1629 > 603-626-0626 (fax) > > and > > Elm Spy Books > Box 9753 > Arnold, MD 21012 > > 310-544-9014. > > These two will buy, sell, and trade and to back order searches. Elm > is interested in expanding coverage in crypto. and may be interested > in dealing. > > Two others I have not dealt with, but who may be useful are: > > The Last Hurrah Bookshop > 937 Memorial Avenue > Williamsport, PA 17701 > > 717-327-9338 > > and Ruth Koffsky Books (for whom I can't find an address right now) >