crypto penpals i came i lurked i read the faq now having purchased the recommended books and having taken to heart the advice that one knows nothing about crypto without having done a stint as a cryptanalyst i would like to correspond with people interested in cryptology i am working on implementing the cryptanalyst s workbench example in booch s ood with applications i hope to start sending ciphers back and forth so each of us can practice cracking them i would like to start with simple ceaser s ciphers and progress roughly according to david kahn s book of course i would be interested in general discussions and math also i hope to have some foriegn correspondants so that we can test the response time of the men in the suits i ve been hearing so much about unfortunately as a product of the american education system i only know english looking forward to any and all responses james james m kliegel kliegel key amdahl com
