"A great David-and-Goliath story�humble hackers hoodwink sinister spooks."
--Time
Penguin Putnam Web Site, June, 2002
Summary
If you've ever made a secure purchase with your credit card over the Internet, then you have seen cryptography,
or "crypto", in action. From Stephen Levy�the author who made "hackers" a household word�comes
this account of a revolution that is already affecting every citizen in the twenty-first century. Crypto tells
the inside story of how a group of "crypto rebels"�nerds and visionaries turned freedom fighters�teamed
up with corporate interests to beat Big Brother and ensure our privacy on the Internet. Levy's history of one of
the most controversial and important topics of the digital age reads like the best futuristic fiction.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
The Loner
The Standard
Public Key
Prime Time
Selling Crypto
Patents and Keys
Crypto Anarchy
The Clipper Chip
Slouching Toward Crypto
Epilogue: The Open Secret
Notes
Bibliography
Glossary
Index
