Recommended Books

Recommended Books is a compilation of programming and security books that you might find helpful. Other related information can be found at the Consultants page and Related Links page.

The Consultants page is a list of individuals and companies who are available to help with your projects. The Related Links page offers information like projects using Crypto++ and other similar libraries.

C++ Books

• The C++ Programming Language, Special Edition - The C++ manual from the original designer of C++, Bjarne Stroustrup. This edition is up to date with the ISO/ANSI C++ Standard.
• Modern C++ Design: Generic Programming and Design Patterns Applied - How to do really amazing things with templates.
• Effective C++: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and Design - Tips on using C++.
• More Effective C++: 35 New Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs - Additional tips on using C++.
• Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software - A survey of popular design patterns and how to use them.
• Exceptional C++ - C++ puzzles and solutions

Cryptography Books

• Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C - A very good introduction to cryptography from a practical perspective.
• Practical Cryptography - A hands-on implementation guide with detailed discussions of design decisions.
• Cryptography Engineering: Design Principles and Practical Applications - Discussions of implementations details of modern crypto systems.
• Handbook of Applied Cryptography - Excellent crypto reference book.
• Handbook of Applied Cryptography (online) - All chapters of the latest edition are available online. Thanks, CRC Press!
• A Course in Computational Algebraic Number Theory - Get this book if you are interested in learning about some of the number theory related algorithms in Crypto++.
• Security Engineering - Ross Anderson's treatment of designing and implementing secure systems.
• Engineering Security (online) - Peter Gutmann's treatment of designing and implementing secure systems.
• The Art of Computer Programming : Seminumerical Algorithms - Volume 2 of Donald Knuth's classic series The Art of Computer Programming.
• A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering - Matthew Green's blog on cryptography.

Crypto-Related Fiction

• A Fire upon the Deep - Reading this book may have caused me [WD] to write Crypto++.
• A Deepness in the Sky - The equally good prequel to A Fire upon the Deep.
• True Names: And the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier - This book contains the novella "True Names" by Vernor Vinge.
• Cryptonomicon - An interwoven story about World War II code breaking and building a present-day data haven in the Philippines.
• The Diamond Age - Neo-Victorian nanotech with crypto.

Crypto History

• Crypto : How the Code Rebels Beat the Government -- Saving Privacy in the Digital Age
• The Codebreakers: The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet