Cracking a program (fwd)

[Jim Choate]

Forwarded message:

> From: "Ching Yen Choon" <ycching at unitele.com.my>
> Subject: Cracking a program
> Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 08:46:24 +0800

> Let's say I have this encryption program and I don't know what's the
> algorithm used in it. Is there a technique I can analyse and break it? Are
> there any books or sites which teaches us how to do it?

Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C
Bruce Schneier
ISBN 0-471-11709-9
$49.95 US

Internet Cryptography
Richard E. Smith
ISBN 0-201-92480-3
~$40.00 US

Disappearing Cryptography
Peter Wayner
ISBN 0-12-738671-8
$29.95 US

Decrypted Secrets: Methods and Maxims of Cryptology
F.L. Bauer
ISBN 3-540-60418-9
$39.95 US


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