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This page is the "channel wiki" for the IRC channel ##crypto on irc.freenode.net. It has the same purpose as a FAQ. Here we can collect links to relevant things like beginner introductions and other things.

== Web links ==

* [http://homepage.cs.uri.edu/research/cryptography/ Cryptography introduction at University of Rhode Island].
* [http://www.cryptostuff.com/crypto/index.php www.cryptostuff.com] - Another beginners tutorial.
* [http://www.mindspring.com/~schlafly/crypto/faq.htm Crypto Mini-FAQ]

== Wikipedia ==

Wikipedia has more than 1000 articles on cryptography, many of them really good. Here are some examples:

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptography Cryptography] - The main article.
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_cipher_modes_of_operation Block cipher modes of operation] - How to properly use block ciphers.
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographic_hash_function Cryptographic hash function]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XTEA XTEA] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RC4 RC4] - Two easy to implement ciphers with code examples.

== Email and Usenet lists ==

* '''sci.crypt''' - The by now almost mythical and still very active Usenet list. Readable among others through the [http://groups.google.com/group/sci.crypt Google groups interface].

== Books ==

* [http://www.cacr.math.uwaterloo.ca/hac/ Handbook of Applied Cryptography] - One of the better crypto books available. And you can download it for free (legally) as pdf-files from their web site. Note that there are several different books called "Applied Cryptography". 
* Applied Cryptography by Bruce Schneier. The other good one with the same name.



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