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2000 Cryptography Events Calendar

• Computers, Freedom and Privacy 2000 on April 4-7, 2000 in Westin Harbor Castle in Toronto, Canada
• Fast Software Encryption Workshop 2000 (FSE2000) on April 10-12, 2000, at the Hilton New York and Towers in New York, New York, USA.
• AES Candidate Conference on April 13-14, 2000, at the Hilton New York and Towers in New York, New York, USA.
• Eurocrypt 2000 on May 14-18, 2000 in Bruges (Brugge), Belgium
• STOC '2000 on May 21-23, 2000 in Portland, Oregon, USA
• Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium 2000 on July 18-21, 2000 at the Pacifico Yokohama Conference Center in Yokohama, Japan
• 2001 RSA Data Security Conference on Sunday April 8-12 2001, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California.

Books

Applied Cryptography by Bruce Schneier Amazon Price: $39.96 Paperback - 784 pages 2nd edition (December 1995) John Wiley & Sons; ISBN: 0471117099 Security expert Bruce Schneier reveals cryptographic protocols, techniques, algorithms, and source code.

The Electronic Privacy Papers by Bruce Schneier and David Banisar Amazon Price: $59.99 Hardcover - 747 pages (August 1997) John Wiley & Sons; ISBN: 0471122971 This is a definitive compilation of classic and previously secret government and industry documents, with commentary.

...and more books -- ONLINE BOOKS

CDT's Guide to Online Privacy

Cryptography's Role in Securing the Information Society

Handbook of Applied Cryptography - Some Free Chapters Online

(Pretty Good Privacy) PGP User's Guide - An Online Book

Commercial

• 4encryption.com
• A to Z Cryptography
• Anonymizer (so you can surf anonymously)
• Blowfish
• Ciphers by Ritter
• Counterpane
• Comsec Solutions, LLC
• DataSafe
• DV Expo
• Encryption Policy Resources
• Hackers.Com Cryptography Software Archive
• IBM Key Recovery Server Installation and Usage Guide - PDF file
• IBM Secure Cryptography and Certificate Services Toolkit - PDF file
• IBM Secure Cryptography and Certificate Services Toolkit Developers Guide - PDF file
• Mach5 Cryptography Archives
• Popular Cryptography
• Sci.crypt's Green Eggs Report (comprehensive URL list)
• Security and Cryptography for US and Canada
• Steganography
• Tachyon Technology
• Steganography - DE
• Steganos
• Yahoo/Computers_and_Internet/Security_and_Encryption

• Algorithm Documentation, Intellectual Property Statements, and Test Values or download the 7MB file from the NIST. (Includes documentation for all algorithms including Twofish)

• Center for High Assurance Computer Systems Publications
• Cryptography Protocol
• Encryption Export Information from U.S. Department of Commerce - PDF File
• Guidelines for Preparing Encryption License Applications
• NSA's National Cryptologic Strategy for the 21st Century
• The White House on Encryption

• Crypto-Tech Mailing List
• BSA.org Mailing List

• Americans for Computer Privacy
• American Cryptogram Association
• Business Software Alliance
• Center for Democracy and Technology
• Computer Professionals for Social responsibility (CPSR)
• Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
• Electronic Privacy Information Center
• International Association for Cryptographic Research
• Internet Privacy Coalition
• Internet Society
• ITAR (22 CFR 120-130)
• Maritime.org Electronic Cipher Machine

• alt.2600
• alt.freedom.of.information.act
• alt.society.foia
• alt.hacker
• alt.privacy
• alt.security
• alt.security.pgp
• comp.risks
• comp.security.misc
• comp.society.cu-digest
• comp.society.privacy
• de.comp.security
• de.org.ccc
• sci.crypt
• talk.politics.crypto

Personal Sites

• Authentication Paper
• Cryptography Web Ring
• CryptoLog
• Full Disclosure - Scary Stuff About Privacy
• Introduction to cryptography and PGP
• Security, privacy, and steganography