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Title: The all-time best crypto reference ever
Review: Sometimes you must choose either clarity (for the newbies) or in-depth obscure explanations (for the experts). Bruce Schneier has done the great job of joining the two aspects together. He explains things clearly and even playfully. He enjoys teaching, he enjoys cryptography and you can tell it from his style. But he does not stop there: he explains things in depth whenever possible and useful, and tries to explain how a cryptosystem is evaluated, how to choose between algorithms, and how to correctly implement cryptography in your works. This book is an absolute must have for everyone interested in cryptography, and can substitute very well even an academic course on the matter.
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