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BLOWFISH
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 3:50 pm
by m@ndio
Mod: Moved to general area. Discussion doesn't deal with PHP.
What level of encryption is BLOWFISH i.e. 128, 256 etc..?
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 4:52 pm
by nielsene
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.
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 5:33 pm
by m3rajk
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)
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 8:47 pm
by Stoker
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..
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 9:04 am
by nielsene
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.
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 12:09 pm
by m@ndio
Nielsene. When you mention "bruce's book" what do you mean do they sell this on amazon?

Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 12:18 pm
by nielsene
Yes, that's the first book linked by Stocker
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 12:33 pm
by m@ndio
are there any good PHP security books? like do's and dont's, secure code writing for PHP etc..?
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 4:50 pm
by phice
PHPAdvisory.com is the best for PHP security.
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 5:25 pm
by nielsene
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.....
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 5:34 pm
by volka
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I know people wearing T-shirts with blowfish code printed on.
Can I still become a top-manager?
;)
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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 9:53 pm
by phice
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.