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I wrote this book for software engineers with little or no exposure to cryptography. Most other books fall into one of two categories, the encyclopedia and description or the purely API descriptive. The goal was try and bridge the two by providing a solid introduction to cryptography while providing solid examples and uses. In addition, many books focus overwhelmingly on public key techniques. In my experience the most common uses for public key ciphers are handled by third-party applications (VPNs, Emails) or off-the-shelf protocols such as SSL and SSH.
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