Editing Crypto (book)

{{short description|Book by Steven Levy}}
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| name          = Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government Saving Privacy in the Digital Age
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| image         = Crypto (book).jpg
| caption = First US edition
| author        = [[Steven Levy]]
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| language      = English
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| genre         = Factual
| publisher     = [[Viking Press]] (US)<br />[[Allen Lane]] (UK)
| pub_date      = 2001
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| isbn          = 0-14-024432-8
| oclc= 48846639
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'''''Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government Saving Privacy in the Digital Age''''' is a book about [[cryptography]] written by [[Steven Levy]], published in 2001. Levy details the emergence of [[public key]] cryptography, [[digital signatures]] and the struggle between the [[National Security Agency]] and the "[[cypherpunk]]s". The book details the creation of [[Data Encryption Standard]] (DES), [[RSA (algorithm)|RSA]] and the [[Clipper chip]].<ref>{{cite news |author=John Naughton |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2001/feb/04/computingandthenet.johnnaughton |title=Steven Levy gives a fascinating account of the birth of public key cryptography in Crypto |work=The Guardian |date=February 3, 2001}}<br />- {{cite news |author=Scott McLemee |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/l/levy-crypto.html |title=Decoder Ring — How a ragged band broke the government's hold on cryptography |work=The New York Times |date=January 14, 2001}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Books on cryptography]]
* [[Crypto wars]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.c-span.org/video/?162346-1/crypto-saving-privacy-digital-age Presentation on ''Crypto'' by Levy, January 22, 2001], [[C-SPAN]]

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[[Category:2001 non-fiction books]]
[[Category:Cryptography books]]
[[Category:Computer security books]]
[[Category:Books by Steven Levy]]
[[Category:Viking Press books]]
[[Category:Allen Lane (imprint) books]]


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