Rather than pointing people to strange publications we've never heard of written by authors without credentials, might I suggest... 1) The PGP docs themselves are very good and far better as a tutorial on cryptography than any of the "PGP tutorials" that have appeared in the fringe literature. They are also free. 2) Read a real text on cryptography. It isn't a childrens game. Its a real branch of math and computer science, and really bright people devote their lives to it. If you wanted to learn about medicine, would you pick up a professional medical text, or something written in a 'zine by people you hadn't heard of? Perry Peter Davidson says:
Date: 14 Jul 93 19:50:26 EDT From: Michael Glazer <72440.2236@CompuServe.COM> Subject: PGP
Folks,
I'm trying to learn more about practical cryptography in general and PGP and similar programs in particular. Any advice?
@article{Nathan92, author = {Paco Xander Nathan}, journal = {Fringeware Review}, month = {July}, number = {1}, pages = {17--18}, title = {Tutorial: PGP}, volume = {1}, year = {1992}
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