Editing Bibliography of cryptography (section)

===Significant books===
Significant books on cryptography include:

* Aumasson, Jean-Philippe (2017), ''Serious Cryptography: A Practical Introduction to Modern Encryption''. No Starch Press, 2017, {{ISBN|9781593278267}}.[https://nostarch.com/seriouscrypto] Presents modern cryptography in a readable way, suitable for practitioners, software engineers, and others who want to learn practice-oriented cryptography. Each chapter includes a discussion of common implementation mistakes using real-world examples and details what could go wrong and how to avoid these pitfalls.
* Aumasson, Jean-Philippe (2021), ''Crypto Dictionary: 500 Tasty Tidbits for the Curious Cryptographer''. No Starch Press, 2021, {{ISBN|9781718501409}}.[https://nostarch.com/crypto-dictionary] Ultimate desktop dictionary with hundreds of definitions organized alphabetically for all things cryptographic. The book also includes discussions of the threat that quantum computing is posing to current cryptosystems and a nod to post-quantum algorithms, such as lattice-based cryptographic schemes.
* Bertram, Linda A. / Dooble, Gunther van: Transformation of Cryptography - Fundamental concepts of Encryption, Milestones, Mega-Trends and sustainable Change in regard to Secret Communications and its Nomenclatura, 2019, {{ISBN|978-3749450749}}.
* [[Rosario Candela|Candela, Rosario]] (1938). ''The Military Cipher of [[Étienne Bazeries|Commandant Bazeries]]''. New York: Cardanus Press, This book detailed the cracking of a famous code from 1898 created by Commandant Bazeries, a brilliant French Army Cryptanalyst.
* Falconer, John (1685). ''[[Cryptomenysis Patefacta|Cryptomenysis Patefacta, or Art of Secret Information Disclosed Without a Key]]''. One of the earliest English texts on cryptography.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ellison |first1=Katherine E. |title=A cultural history of early modern English cryptography manuals |date=2016 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |location=Abingdon, Oxon |isbn=9781315458205 |page=58}}</ref>
* [[Niels Ferguson|Ferguson, Niels]], and [[Bruce Schneier|Schneier, Bruce]] (2003). ''Practical Cryptography'', Wiley, {{ISBN|0-471-22357-3}}.  A cryptosystem design consideration primer. Covers both algorithms and protocols. This is an in-depth consideration of one cryptographic problem, including paths not taken and some reasons why. At the time of its publication, most of the material was not otherwise available in a single source. Some was not otherwise available at all. According to the authors, it is (in some sense) a follow-up to ''Applied Cryptography''.
* [[Helen Fouché Gaines|Gaines, Helen Fouché]] (1939). ''Cryptanalysis'', Dover, {{ISBN|0-486-20097-3}}. Considered one of the classic books on the subject, and includes many sample ciphertext for practice. It reflects public amateur practice as of the inter-War period. The book was compiled as one of the first projects of the [[American Cryptogram Association]].
* [[Oded Goldreich|Goldreich, Oded]] (2001 and 2004). ''Foundations of Cryptography''. Cambridge University Press. Presents the theoretical foundations of cryptography in a detailed and comprehensive manner. A must-read for anyone interested in the theory of cryptography.
* [[Jonathan Katz (computer scientist)|Katz, Jonathan]] and [[Yehuda Lindell|Lindell, Yehuda]] (2007 and 2014). ''Introduction to Modern Cryptography'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cs.umd.edu/~jkatz/imc.html|title = Introduction to Modern Cryptography}}</ref> CRC Press. Presents modern cryptography at a level appropriate for undergraduates, graduate students, or practitioners. Assumes mathematical maturity but presents all the necessary mathematical and computer science background.
* Konheim, Alan G. (1981). ''Cryptography: A Primer'', John Wiley & Sons, {{ISBN|0-471-08132-9}}. Written by one of the IBM team who developed [[Data Encryption Standard|DES]].
* Mao, Wenbo (2004). ''Modern Cryptography Theory and Practice'' {{ISBN|0-13-066943-1}}. An up-to-date book on cryptography. Touches on provable security, and written with students and practitioners in mind.
* Mel, H.X., and Baker, Doris (2001). ''Cryptography Decrypted'', Addison Wesley {{ISBN|0-201-61647-5}}. This technical overview of basic cryptographic components (including extensive diagrams and graphics) explains the evolution of cryptography from the simplest concepts to some modern concepts. It details the basics of symmetric key, and asymmetric key ciphers, MACs, SSL, secure mail and IPsec. No math background is required, though there's some coverage of the mathematics underlying public key/private key crypto in the appendix.
* A. J. [[Alfred Menezes|Menezes]], P. C. [[Paul van Oorschot|van Oorschot]], and S. A. [[Scott Vanstone|Vanstone]] (1996) ''Handbook of Applied Cryptography'' {{ISBN|0-8493-8523-7}}. Equivalent to ''Applied Cryptography'' in many ways, but somewhat more mathematical. For the technically inclined. Covers few meta-cryptographic topics, such as [[crypto system]] design. This is currently (2004) regarded{{Who|date=October 2009}} as the standard reference work in technical cryptography.<ref name="LandauReview">{{cite journal|author=Landau, Susan|authorlink=Susan Landau|title=Review of ''Handbook of Applied Cryptography'' by A. J. Menezes, P. C. Oorschot, and S. A. Vanstone and 9 other books by various authors|journal=Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. (N.S.)|year=2004|volume=41|issue=3|pages=357–367|url=https://www.ams.org/journals/bull/2004-41-03/S0273-0979-04-01011-0/S0273-0979-04-01011-0.pdf|doi=10.1090/s0273-0979-04-01011-0|doi-access=free}}</ref>
* Paar, Christof and Jan Pelzl (2009). ''Understanding Cryptography: A Textbook for Students and Practitioners'', Springer, {{ISBN|978-3-642-04100-6}}. Very accessible introduction to applied cryptography which covers most schemes of practical relevance. The focus is on being a textbook, i.e., it has pedagogical approach, many problems and further reading sections. The main target audience are readers without a background in pure mathematics.
* Patterson, Wayne (1987). ''Mathematical Cryptology for Computer Scientists and Mathematicians'', Rowman & Littlefield, {{ISBN|0-8476-7438-X}}
* Rosulek, Mike  (2018). ''The Joy of Cryptography'' Presents modern cryptography at a level appropriate for undergraduates.
* [[Bruce Schneier|Schneier, Bruce]] (1996). ''Applied Cryptography'', 2 ed, Wiley, ({{ISBN|0-471-11709-9}}).  Survey of mostly obsolete cryptography with some commentary on 1990s legal environment.  Aimed at engineers without mathematical background, including source code for obsolete ciphers.  Lacks guidance for choosing cryptographic components and combining them into protocols and engineered systems.  Contemporaneously influential on a generation of engineers, hackers, and cryptographers.  Supplanted by ''Cryptography Engineering''.<ref name="viega-schneier">{{cite web
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* [[Nigel Smart (Cryptographer)|Smart, Nigel]] (2004). ''Cryptography: An introduction'' {{ISBN|0-07-709987-7}}. Similar in intent to ''Applied Cryptography'' but less comprehensive. Covers more modern material and is aimed at undergraduates covering topics such as [[number theory]] and [[group theory]] not generally covered in cryptography books.
* Stinson, Douglas (2005). ''Cryptography: Theory and Practice'' {{ISBN|1-58488-508-4}}.  Covers topics in a textbook style but with more mathematical detail than is usual.
* Young, Adam L. and  [[Moti Yung]] (2004). ''Malicious Cryptography: Exposing Cryptovirology,'' {{ISBN| 0764568469}}, {{ISBN| 9780764568466}}, John Wiley & Sons. Covers topics regarding use of cryptography as an attack tool in systems as was introduced in the 1990s: [[Kleptography]] which deals with hidden subversion of cryptosystems, and, more generally, [[Cryptovirology]] which predicted [[Ransomware]] in which cryptography is used as a tool to disable computing systems, in a way that is reversible only by the attacker, generally requiring ransom payment(s).
* Washington, Lawrence C. (2003). ''Elliptic Curves: Number Theory and Cryptography'' {{ISBN|1-58488-365-0}}.  A book focusing on [[elliptic curves]], beginning at an undergraduate level (at least for those who have had a course on [[abstract algebra]]), and progressing into much more advanced topics, even at the end touching on [[Andrew Wiles]]' proof of the [[Taniyama–Shimura conjecture]] which led to the proof of [[Fermat's Last Theorem]].
* Welsh, Dominic (1988). ''Codes and Cryptography'', Oxford University Press, A brief textbook intended for undergraduates. Some coverage of fundamental information theory. Requires some [[mathematical maturity]]; is well written, and otherwise accessible.

====''The Codebreakers''====
From the end of World War II until the early 1980s most aspects of modern cryptography were regarded as the special concern of governments and the military and were protected by custom and, in some cases, by statute. The most significant work to be published on cryptography in this period is undoubtedly [[David Kahn (writer)|David Kahn]]'s ''[[The Codebreakers]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last=Kahn |first=David |authorlink=David Kahn (writer) |title=The Codebreakers: The Story of Secret Writing|year=1967|publisher=The Macmillan Company|location=New York|isbn=978-0-684-83130-5 |title-link=The Codebreakers}} {{OCLC|59019141}}</ref> which was published at a time (mid-1960s) when virtually no information on the modern practice of cryptography was available.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100327045842/https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/kent-csi/vol12i3/html/v12i3a09p_0001.htm The Codebreakers: The Story of Secret Writing by David Kahn, internal CIA  book review by Roger Pineau], ca.1967, released to public 1996</ref> Kahn has said that over ninety percent of its content was previously unpublished.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Cohen|first1=Eliot A.|last2=Kahn|first2=David|date=1997|title=The Codebreakers: The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/20048054|journal=Foreign Affairs|volume=76|issue=3|pages=129|doi=10.2307/20048054|jstor=20048054|issn=0015-7120|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

The book caused serious concern at the [[NSA]] despite its lack of coverage of specific modern cryptographic practice, so much so that after failing to prevent the book being published, NSA staff were informed to not even acknowledge the existence of the book if asked. In the US military, mere possession of a copy by cryptographic personnel was grounds for some considerable suspicion{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}. Perhaps the single greatest importance of the book was the impact it had on the next generation of cryptographers. [[Whitfield Diffie]] has made comments in interviews about the effect it had on him.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://simonsingh.net/books/recommended-books/great-cryptography-books/the-codebreakers/ |title=Book review of ''The Codebreakers'' |first=Simon |last=Singh |authorlink=Simon Singh}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=May 2021}}