For self learning, approachable etc ... any suggestions ?
Ask HN: Best book on modern cryptography?
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#3Understanding cryptography is good
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#4Serious Cryptography https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1593278268/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b...
It's quite accessible for non-math majors and includes source code. It seems to have been written with software engineers in mind. The formatting of the source code in Kindle isn't great but otherwise the book is excellent and balances between "cookbook" and "graduate level textbook". The author is also quite reputable having designed BLAKE2.
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#5A fun book to read is "The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography" It's a fast read and it gives a brief history of cypher tech over time.
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#6For a rigorous, yet accessible and rather in-depth introduction to modern, provable cryptography I would recommend
"Introduction to Modern Cryptography" by Katz & Lindell.
It starts from the basics, the proofs are thoroughly elaborated and it has an appendix covering the necessary math prerequisites.
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#7Cryptography Engineering
Design Principles and Practical Applications:
https://www.schneier.com/books/cryptography-engineering/
They cover the fundamentals from a practical engineering perspective. After reading it you can then pop up a level and read specs to understand specific deployed protocols (e.g. TLS) or down a level and read the details of individual cryptographic primitives / constructions.
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#8A good option might be: http://toc.cryptobook.us/
It's a book co-authored by Dan Boneh, who's a professor from Stanfrod working on Crypto, and Blockchain. It's a huge book, but there's a lot of interesting stuff in there.
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#9To piggy back on this thread, can anyone recommend a book on cryptography for mathematicians? I'm familiar with some of the more popular applied books, but I'm also interested in more rigorous texts that use careful proofs and state theorems etc.
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#10Joy of Cryptography by Mike Rosulek is my favorite: https://joyofcryptography.com/
Written by a past professor of mine. Grounded in a lot of math, but not intimidating.