Review by Billy Barron

"Java in Cryptography" by Jonathan Knudsen (O'Reilly & Associates; ISBN 1-56592-402-6) impressed me right off the bat. I read a lot of security books (and even tech edit them on occasion). The first couple of pages of this book have the clearest, easiest to understand section on general security principals I've ever seen.

From skimming the rest of the book (unfortunately, don't have time to read cover to cover right now), it appears to be a typical O'Reilly book, which means it is concise, clear, and full of examples. It covers all of the key aspets of cryptography.

Overall, a good book and one that fills a niche nicely . I'd recommend it if you are doing cryptography in Java.