Review of Java Cryptography/Jonathan Knudsen

Java Cryptography (Java Series)

The book is written very well. It starts simple with explanations of principles of Cryptography and shows its usage on simple examples. Then Java Sun classes for Cryptography are presented and again their usage is demonstrated on examples which are never difficult to understand and thoroughly commented. Then more theory and more examples follow. Terms used and explained are Keys, Key Generators and Translators, Authentication, Integrity, Encryption, Signatures, Certificates.

The strength of the book is in the fact that the reader is able to start with Java Cryptography rather fast. The examples are easy to understand and fully explained. The book is not trivial and it is good to know something about random number generators and have a good grasp of Java programming and Java socket programming in particular, even knowledge of awt GUI principles is useful. Java professionals who intend to devote their work to Cryptography should find this book very helpful.

The coverage of this book ends with JDK 1.2 - we have JDK 1.6 now when this review is being written. It actually may be a strength. Instead of trying to grasp latest software features attention may be more diverted to principles which is always a good thing. Generally, I would recommend this book

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