Introduction To Cryptography

Cryptography on the Web

Useful links:

• M187 Home Page
• Student Projects from 2005
• Handouts
• Applets

Nova Programs:

• Decoding Nazi Secrets
• Secrets, Lies and Atomic Spies

Wikipedia:

• Topics in Cryptography (includes descriptions of many classical ciphers, and of a few famous ciphertexts)

Cryptography in the Free Popular Literature:

• The Gold Bug, by Edgar Allen Poe
• The Dancing Men, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Free Cryptography Texts:

• The Laws of Cryptography with Java Code, by Neal R. Wagner
• Handbook of Applied Cryptography,  by A. J. Menezes, P. C. van Oorschot, S. A. Vanstone.
• Traicte des chiffres, by Blaise de Vigenere

Other Cryptography References:

• Course web page for a cryptography class at the University of Puget Sound
• Some Crypto notes from class at Bard College
• The 1000 most common words in English

A Few Famous Ciphertexts

Cryptography in the News:

• Essays, by Bruce Schneier
• Diebold My Face Criminal Charges, by Kim Zetter in Wired