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PGP Source Code and Internals
Zimmermann, Phillip R. 1995 (Currently out of print). 907 pages.
Categories: Applications and Protocols, Programming
"Source Code and Internals" is a way of saying "we've printed out all the source code so it can sit on your shelf". Actually, the original intent of this book was to defeat export laws by putting PGP v2.6.2 in printed form, and then including instructions on how to scan it into a computer. Of course, it only takes one person to do this, which is why this 907 paged book probably went out of print so quickly. However, it is fun seeing an index in the back for variable and function names.


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Suggested computer language experience:

-  C
-  C++