This is news to me. Is it him in general or just that book?
Just that book. The followup (Practical Cryptography, now called Cryptography Engineering, though it's the same book) is much, much better --- though it's also totally out of date at this point, and would also get you in trouble.
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Just that book. The followup (Practical Cryptography, now called Cryptography Engineering, though it's the same book) is much, much better --- though it's also totally out of date at this point, and would also get you in trouble.