[olug] [OT] Crypto

[Sean Edwards]

This is also a good read, about the birth of PKI:

Title: "In Code: A Mathematical Journey"
Author: Sarah Flannery, David Flannery
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1565123778 

BTW Sarah is Irish, from Cork, and was barely a teen
when she developed her theories.  She won an Irish
national science award for her research.

-=Sean Edwards=-
cybersean3000 at yahoo.com

--- thehaas at binary.net wrote:
> 
> On a somewhat related note, I'm currently reading
> "Crypto" by Stephen
> Levy.  It's about how modern cryptography got
> started, the fights with
> the feds, etc.  It's an amazing story and a good
> example of how powerful
> sharing info/idea/code -- the ideal fight against
> someone trying to
> monopolize the power.  I'd highly recommend it.
> 
> 
> -- 
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