[51922] in Cypherpunks
Re: Cryptanalysis
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (E. ALLEN SMITH)
Mon Mar 11 02:23:51 1996
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 20:43 EDT
From: "E. ALLEN SMITH" <EALLENSMITH@ocelot.Rutgers.EDU>
To: adam@homeport.org
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From: Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>
>From: TCMay:
>| cryptanalysis. (Not to sound harsh to Allen, but why would anyone ask here
>| on the list for recommendations to such a standard subject when Schneier,
>| Garfinkel, Denning, etc. all have books listed?)
> Niether Schneier nor Garfinkel really talk about analysis.
>The only book I can think of is Biham's "Cryptanalysis of the DES,"
>and thats on a single technique.
I wasn't asking about cryptanalysis; I was asking about codes (as
opposed to cyphers).
-Allen
