Applied Cryptography is Banned in Oregon Prisons

My Applied Cryptography is on a list of books banned in Oregon prisons. It’s not me — and it’s not cryptography — it’s that the prisons ban books that teach people to code. The subtitle is "Algorithms, Protocols, and Source Code in C" — and that’s the reason. My more recent Cryptography Engineering is a much better book for prisoners,… Continue reading Applied Cryptography is Banned in Oregon Prisons