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I'm looking for a good place to start in cryptography and places to go to get free books etc on the topic.

I have been looking online but I always get stuck at some point or another. I need something that covers the basics better or a good explanation on how to understand the expressions/notation. It seems far from regular algebra.

I have always had a liking towards the idea of hashing as well.

Matteo · Answer 1 · 2012-06-24T13:50:51.093

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Handbook of Applied Cryptography

Free as free beer!

Practical Cryptography

Another interesting Link

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score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:48

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List questions are really off topic here, but since the question hasn't been closed yet:

Dan Boneh's Free Online Course
Introduction to Mathematical Cryptography
This website when you have questions (see the FAQ before posting)

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 24 '12 at 16:21

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Udacity online course CS387 by David Evans (the professor, not the guitarist) is a good one.

answered Jun 24 '12 at 16:21

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