Best way to learn cryptographic algorithms

[shahid Shafique]

learn cryptographic algorithms

hi ,
can any one tell me the fast and best way to learn and implement the algorithms.
also telll me the best language to work in.

regards
shahid

 

[karn]

learn cryptography algorithms

Title: Handbook of Applied Cryptography
Author: Alfred Menezes
Publisher: CRC
ISBN: 0849385237
Copyright @ 1996

http://www.cacr.math.uwaterloo.ca/hac/

 

[pratyk]

learn cryptographic

try the new william stallings book .. cryptography and network security ... u will get the ebook easily ...

also, u can try the book by Wade Trappe ... look it up in your library ... pretty basic book with lucid language ... took an advanced course under that guy ... not a bad book to start with ... starts right from roman ciphers, one of the most basic ones....

we used C++ but java is fairly common these days ...
theres a library for c++ called crypto++ ... opensource ... pretty neat to use ...