Crypto (book) explained

Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government Saving Privacy in the Digital Age
Author:	Steven Levy
Language:	English
Genre:	Factual
Publisher:	Viking Press (US) Allen Lane (UK)
Pub Date:	2001
Isbn:	0-14-024432-8
Oclc:	48846639

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 "cypherpunks". The book details the creation of Data Encryption Standard (DES), RSA and the Clipper chip.^[1]

See also

• Books on cryptography
• Crypto wars

External links

• Presentation on Crypto by Levy, January 22, 2001, C-SPAN

Notes and References

1. News: John Naughton . Steven Levy gives a fascinating account of the birth of public key cryptography in Crypto . The Guardian . February 3, 2001.
   - News: Scott McLemee . Decoder Ring — How a ragged band broke the government's hold on cryptography . The New York Times . January 14, 2001.