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- From: cf681@cleveland.freenet.edu (Brian Bodensteiner)
- Subject: Re: FAQ/good resource
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- References: <1993Jan11.210957.8578@linus.mitre.org>
- Date: 12 Jan 93 02:28:19 GMT
- Followup-To: sci.crypt
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- In article <1993Jan11.210957.8578@linus.mitre.org>, hal@gateway.mitre.org
- (Hal Feinstein) wrote:
- >
- >
- > A good introductory book on cryptograhy is NIST special publication 800-2
- > called Public-Key Cryptograhy" by James Nechvatal April 1991
-
- > The text is 162 pages long and is not an in-depth examination of these
- > topics but a good introduction. Just right for the frequenctly asked
- > beginner questions.
-
- This sounds very interesting, and being a beginner, it sounds like just
- what I am looking for. However, how do I go about getting a copy? A phone
- or mail address would be nice. Thanx for recommending it.
- Brian
-