Further Readings

Cryptography is big topic; we won't be able to cover it in more detail. Hope this introductory will help you get started. If you are interested in learning more about cryptography, you may consider reading the following books:

1. Bruce Schneier, John Wiley & Sons, "Applied cryptography", John Wiley & Sons, 1996
2. Charlie Kaufman, Radia Perlman and Mike Speciner, "Network Security - Private communication in a public world", Prentice Hall PTR, 1995
3. Bruce Schneier, "Secrets & Lies, Digital Security in a Networked World", Wiley Computer Publishing, 2000
4. Alfred Menezes, Paul van Oorschot and Scott Vanstone, "Handbook of Applied Cryptography", CRC Press, 1996

There are many other resources available on the Internet.