=================== Reference Materials =================== ----------------- Books & Resources ----------------- - Dan Boneh and Victor Shoup: `A Graduate Course in Applied Cryptography `__. - Ed Skoudis with Tom Liston: `Counter Hack Reloaded: A Step-by-Step Guide to Computer Attacks and Effective Defenses `__, Prentice Hall. - Charles R. Pleeger and Shari Lawrence Pfleeger: `Security in Computing, Third or Fourth Edition `__, Prentice Hall.