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Re: Beginners books on security

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard Thieme)
Fri Jun 16 12:19:45 2000

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Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 07:00:42 -0500
To: Ben Laurie <ben@algroup.co.uk>, Coderpunks <coderpunks@toad.com>,
        Cryptography <cryptography@c2.net>,
        UKCrypto List <ukcrypto@maillist.ox.ac.uk>
From: Richard Thieme <rthieme@thiemeworks.com>
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At 11:51 AM 06/15/2000 +0100, Ben Laurie wrote:
>I was asked to recommend boks on security/crypto/copy protection for the
>non-tekky and realised I had no idea at all! Does anyone out there have
>suggestions?

I strongly suggest Bruce Schenier's new book, "Secrets and Lies: Digital
Secvurity in a Networked World." It is an excellent overview of security
challenges from the broader point of view Bruce has expanded into the new
Counterpane m.o. It isn't out yet, though, September I think, but worth the
wait for its comprehensiveness and credibility.



Richard Thieme 


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