Bruce Schneier’s blog
One of the best security/crypto technologist of our times, Bruce Schneier has started his own blog. I never liked Schneier’s writing when I went through his first book Applied Cryptography. It’s one of those really boring ‘text book’ kinda book. But recently he has changed his writing style and I love his new stuff. His recent book Practical Cryptography is one of the finest crypto/security books out there. I loved the book so much, I even went and bought the hardcover version of it. I highly recommend the book, even though you are not into crypto.
You can read his rss feed via bruce_schneier
Have to respectfully disagree with you.
Applied Crypto. deals with the guts and gore of crypto; it delves into algorithms, C source code, random number generators and key exchange protocols, to name a few. Practical Crypto. is a coffee table book that gives you an overview of crypto., and some of its implementation issues.
Practical Crypto. is for the management/exec. types; Applied Crypto. is for the developer/techie who wants to get dirty with unserstanding and learning crypto.
On a separate, unrelated note, got your 5GB CF HDD. (broke apart the music player).
Schneier ? hmmm , I remember me being pointed to the Applied crypto book by one of my friends in third semester. And I am thinking all about security after reading some 10 pages in it :P. But I found it a bit complicated for my level . How do you classify the second book practical cryptography ? begginner ? intermediate ? advanced ? tell me anna 😉
Disagree.
Applied Crypto if a reference book. You really will not understand the workings of an also by that book. If you are implementing an algo.. then this book will be really useful.
But if want to understand crypto from groundups then practical crypto it is. It goes very deep. Let me give you my copy and then you will see the diff 😉
And thanks a ton for the card. I no longer need to carry my laptop around on trips 😉 (hopefully)
we’ll settle this in the next LJ meet or when i give you the CF card (whichever happens first) !!
heh sure. When are you landing here ? Oct 10th right ?
flying out oct 10th from the US. landing late Oct 11th in b’lore(if flights are on time , and US Airways is still in business/doesn’t cancel flights)
Great post!
Keep the post rolling..