Surf these sites: Applied Cryptography -- Bruce Schneier. A comprehensive tutorial and reference on Cryptography, but a little light on the theory. Applied Cryptography Code -- The code from the Applied Cryptography disk, available outside the US. Handbook of Applied Cryptography -- Various information about the 1996 CRC Handbook of Applied Cryptography by Menezes, van Oorschot and Vanstone.
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