Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government Saving Privacy in the Digital Age | |
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Author(s) | Steven Levy |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | Factual |
Publication date | 2001 |
ISBN | 0-14-024432-8 |
OCLC Number | 48846639 |
Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government Saving Privacy in the Digital Age is a book written by Steven Levy about cryptography, and was published in 2001. Levy details the emergence of public key cryptography, digital signatures and the struggle between the NSA and the cypherpunks. The book also details the creation of DES, RSA and the Clipper chip.