Recommended Reading ======================================== It's a very good idea if you have some knowledge of cryptography *before* trying to use the library. This is an area where it is very easy to make mistakes, and where things are often subtle and/or counterintuitive. Obviously the library tries to provide things at a high level precisely to minimize the number of ways things can go wrong, but naive use will almost certainly not result in a secure system. Especially recommended are: - *Cryptography Engineering* Niels Ferguson, Bruce Schneier, and Tadayoshi Kohno - *Security Engineering -- A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems* Ross Anderson - *Handbook of Applied Cryptography* Alfred J. Menezes, Paul C. Van Oorschot, and Scott A. Vanstone (`available online <http://www.cacr.math.uwaterloo.ca/hac/>`_)
