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Mod: Moved to general area. Discussion doesn't deal with PHP.
What level of encryption is BLOWFISH i.e. 128, 256 etc..?
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I'ld suggest picking up a copy of Applied Cryptography instead of asking about each algorithm :) The O'Reilly OpenSSL book is also decent, but won't be as in depth as Bruce's book or as general purpose.
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http://www.cs.brandeis.edu/~cs171a/

that was the page for the brandeis cryptology course. not sure if they had the course again because it's eery other or every third year... it should have some good books....

i have a quote from that professor on my brandeis page...http://people.brandeis.edu/~m3rajk/mfc.htm (click on the quotes i heard... there's only two that are professors... wont be hard to figure out which was done by the cs professor... specially considering the other one is a sound design professor)
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nielsene wrote:I'ld suggest picking up a copy of Applied Cryptography instead of asking about each algorithm :) The O'Reilly OpenSSL book is also decent, but won't be as in depth as Bruce's book or as general purpose.
Eric, is this the Applied Cryptography book? seems to be C oriented, is it good as a reference? I've been looking for a generic crypto-reference book.. Ever seen this one? got good reviews at least..
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Yup that's the book. I actually haven't used that one, but all my contacts who are even more into security than I am, swear by Bruce's book. I've also heard good things about the second one you link.

Most general cyrpto references are purely mathematical without talking about how to use the darn stuff. The "applied" books tend to be what a crypto-user wants.
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Nielsene. When you mention "bruce's book" what do you mean do they sell this on amazon? :oops:
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Yes, that's the first book linked by Stocker
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are there any good PHP security books? like do's and dont's, secure code writing for PHP etc..?
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PHPAdvisory.com is the best for PHP security.
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Um that hasn't been updated in almost a year. And it was dead for about a month. I see its domain name is resolving now again, at least.....
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<offtopic>
I know people wearing T-shirts with blowfish code printed on.
Can I still become a top-manager?
;)
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nielsene wrote:Um that hasn't been updated in almost a year. And it was dead for about a month. I see its domain name is resolving now again, at least.....
I never go to it, that's the only php security site that I know of.
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