The Munitions Maker Graphic (Popularity:  )
http://online.offshore.com.ai/arms-trafficker/rsa2d.html
Campaign to distribute image (rsa2d.gif) in protest of ITAR regulations that treat encryption as munitions.
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Strong Cryptography Links on the Internet (Popularity: )
http://www.c4i.org/erehwon/crypto.html
Dealing with cryptography, information security, cryptographers government, commercial, university, and personal sites, newsgroups, publications, programs and applications.
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Choosing a Good Password (Popularity: )
http://www.cs.umd.edu/faq/Passwords.shtml
Tips on choosing a difficult to crack password and pitfalls in password selection.
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Coderpunks (Popularity: )
http://home.att.net/~lewis.mccarthy/InfosecProjects/Coderpunks/
Little sister of the cypherpunk mailing list. Discussion of implementations of strong, robust cryptosystems.
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RSA - Hacking and Cracking (Popularity: )
http://members.tripod.com/irish_ronan/rsa/
Discusses security problems and possible attacks against the RSA cryptosystem.
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Handbook of Applied Cryptography (Popularity: )
http://www.cacr.math.uwaterloo.ca/hac/
Reference work available for free download (with restrictions) from the Web.
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Crypto-Gram (Popularity: )
http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram.html
Free monthly email newsletter covering developments in cryptography and other computer security issues.
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International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) (Popularity: )
http://www.iacr.org/
Non-profit scientific organisation intended to further research in cryptology.
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Cryptography FAQ (Popularity: )
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/cryptography-faq/
Ten part FAQ list that is essential reading for any newcomer to cryptography.
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Cryptography World (Popularity: )
http://www.cryptographyworld.com
Introduction to cryptography, including concepts, key management and application.
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Cryptonomicon (Popularity: )
http://www.cryptonomicon.net/
Cryptography related articles, downloads, news, links and discussions.
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Adam Back's Homepage: Cypherspace (Popularity: )
http://cypherspace.org/adam/
Find information on some cryptanalytic hacks, breaking weak cryptosystems and links to more cryptography related websites.
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International Cryptography Freedom (Popularity: )
http://www.piracy.com
Links to cryptography related downloads and information from around the world.
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Deschall (Popularity: )
http://www.interhack.net/projects/deschall/
Articles describing the first crack of a DES-encrypted message, with some source code and mailing list archives.
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Snake Oil FAQ (Popularity: )
http://www.interhack.net/people/cmcurtin/snake-oil-faq.html
Guide to evaluating the quality and fitness for purpose of cryptography tools.
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Randomness and the Netscape Browser (Popularity: )
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~daw/netscape-randomness.html
Article about cracking the original Netscape encryption algorithm, and links to resources for generating crypto strength randomness.
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The Cipher Challenge (Popularity: )
http://www.simonsingh.net/Cipher_Challenge.html
History of a code cracking competition. Challenge details, how it was solved, winners, essays and photo gallery.
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CryptoMX Tools (Popularity: )
http://cryptomx.sourceforge.net
Set of cryptography tools written entirely in JavaScript, designed to work on any computer with a JavaScript capable browser.
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Frode Weierud's Cryptology Page (Popularity: )
http://frode.home.cern.ch/frode/crypto/
History of cryptography, cipher machines and their simulation, cryptanalysis and other code breaking techniques.
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Why Cryptography Is Harder Than It Looks (Popularity: )
http://www.schneier.com/essay-037.html
Essay on pitfalls of implementing and using secure systems.
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