Summary A well written book that addresses the intended purpose. With a good suite of test routines it does serve as an industrial strength API, however some known weakness in algorithms would bene t the reader. A beginner or intermediate level C/C++ programmer can follow the text. Concepts in C++ such as assertions are explained which could serve as a review for a beginner programmer. Understandably the book does not discuss ECC, an industrial strength Crypto API with ECC is a non trivial task. The book focuses on asymmetrical algorithms with one chapter devoted to symmetrical algorithm - Rijndael. Certain concepts such as modes are not explained in this text, which makes it necessary for the reader to refer to other books on Cryptography. The author has devoted a chapter in discussing C++, instead I would have preferred a good treatment of symmetrical encryption. Review3 of A Beginner s Guide to Discrete Mathematics Author of book: W.D. Wallis Published in 2003 by Birkhuser, 367 pages Reviewer: James V. Rau Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science Millikin University Overview This book introduces the basic topics of discrete mathematics to students of mathematics and computer science. The text
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