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Very easy to read very educational should be in any it securitys bookshelf

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This book promises that it utterly will not leave the reader ready to go write good security software but no book can do that

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If you just want tho know the hows and whys of the application of cryptography to solve specific problems get this one

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Then depending on your interests and needs you could proceed to a technically and mathematically much deeper but somewhat obsolete applied cryptography protocols algorithms and source code in c second edition or to some other direction using the foundation laid down in this book and then getting other books about hardcore mathematics of cryptography or about softer methods of social engineering and reallife security

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I will now assume you know what the book is all about and that you are considering upgrading it so here are some quick things i hope to help you deciding first of all obviously the errata from the 1st edition is incorporated into the text there is no errata for the 2nd edition yet but keep checking on the books home page

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That can either be a pro or a con depending on what you are looking for

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It turns out that cryptography is the least of the issues in cryptographic systems

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But as the authors say in their introductory chapter cryptography by itself is fairly useless