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diff --git a/doc/index.txt b/doc/index.txt index b8d33602d..f2f54e557 100644 --- a/doc/index.txt +++ b/doc/index.txt @@ -66,25 +66,3 @@ be a bug, please file a ticket in `Bugzilla A useful reference while reading this manual is the `Doxygen documentation <http://botan.randombit.net/doxygen>`_. -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/>`_) |