Beginning Cryptography with Java

Saturday, October 01, 2005

The book is meant for those Java developers trying to use cryptography in their applications, as well as for those, who are plain interested in understanding cryptography when used in Java applications. However, the reader is assumed to have basic knowledge of Java language. The book aims to provide you with the basic understanding of how cryptography is used in Java, the issues in doing so, and the higher-level APIs. 

The first five of a total of ten chapters discuss the basic principles of Java APIs and the technology involved to deal with the higher APIs. These chapters are example-oriented while the later chapters discuss advanced topics and make use of the functionalities introduced in the first five chapters.

It is a well-structured book, with summary and exercises following each chapter to test your understanding of that particular topic. Throughout the book you'll find numerous examples that you can download and try out yourself and learn about specific parts of the various APIs available for implementing cryptography. 

There is an appendix at the end that includes supplementary material, answers to the exercises that are there at the end of each chapter, algorithms provided by the Bouncy Castle provider.

All the source code used in the book is available at www.wrox.com and is downloadable.

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