“Hacking Secret Ciphers with Python” Released by Al Sweigart.
From the post:
My third book, Hacking Secret Ciphers with Python, is finished. It is free to download under a Creative Commons license, and available for purchase as a physical book on Amazon for $25 (which qualifies it for free shipping). This book is aimed at people who have no experience programming or with cryptography. The book goes through writing Python programs that not only implement several ciphers but also can hack these ciphers.
- Download PDF of Hacking Secret Ciphers with Python
- View HTML version online.
- Buy a physical book on Amazon
100% of the proceeds from the book sales will be donated to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Creative Commons, and The Tor Project.
This looks like fun!
Unlike the secrecy cultists in cybersecurity, I think new ideas and insights into cryptography can come from anyone who spends time working on it.
To paraphrase Buffalo Springfield, “…increase the government’s paranoia like looking in a mirror and seeing the public working on cryptography….”
I never claimed to be a song writer. 😉
PS: Download a copy and buy a hard copy to give to someone.
Or donate the hard copy to your local library!