Highly recomended

• Turbo C 2.01 for free
• Borland C++ 5.5 freecompiler (dos, win)
• UNSAFE runs better under free operatives systems
• Download some cryptography libraries
• The best : cryptlib 3.0, .dll or .lib to c/c++, delphi, vbasic...
• Some shareware cryptosystems
• Do you use Delphi 5? then download some cool cryptography libs

Usenet

• sci.crypt theoretical discussion about cryptography
• sci.crypt.research cryptology research
• talk.politics.crypto politics of cryptography
• alt.privacy.clipper Clipper Capstone, Skipjack, Key Escrow
• alt.security.pgp discussion of PGP
• alt.security.ripem discussion of RIPEM
• alt.society.civil-liberty general civil liberties, including privacy
• comp.org.eff.news News reports from EFF
• comp.org.eff.talk discussion of EFF related issues
• comp.patents discussion of S/W patents, including RSA
• comp.society.privacy general privacy issues
• misc.legal.computing software patents, copyrights, computer laws
• sci.math general math discussion

Mailing lists

• Cypherpunks informal discussion about anything related to cryptography and privacy.
• Stegano-L steganography mailing list

FTP Sites

• ftp.psy.uq.oz.au /pub/Crypto/
• ftp.wimsey.bc.ca /pub/crypto/
• rsa.com
• ftp.darmstadt.gmd.de /pub/crypto/
• ftp.informatik.uni-hildesheim.de /pub/security/
• soda.berkeley.edu /pub/cypherpunks/
• ripem.msu.edu /pub/crypt/
• ftp.funet.fi /pub/crypt
• csrc.nist.gov /bbs/nistpubs/
• ftp.kfki.hu /pub/packages/security/
• pgp.rasip.fer.hr /pub/crypt
• idea.sec.dsi.unimi.it /pub/security/crypt/
• utopia.hacktic.nl /pub/replay/pub/disk/
• ftp.unit.no /pub/unix/security/
• ftp.sunet.se /pub/security/tools/crypt
• ftp.kiae.su /unix/crypto
• ftp.ox.ac.uk /pub/crypto/

Corporate/Organizations Web Sites

• EFF
• EPIC
• NSA
• Entrust
• RSA
• SSH

Cryptography Web Pages

• Applied Cryptography
• Bruce Schneier
• Beginners Guide to Cryptography
• CDT Cryptography Policy Issues Page
• Cryptography and Liberty
• Cryptography Researchers
• crypto.com
• cryptography.com
• CryptoWeb
• European Crypto Page
• International Association for Cryptologic Research
• International Cryptography
• International Electronic Rights Server
• parrhesia - FOIA, cryptography, law, and cyberspace
• Quadralay Cryptography archive
• Worldwide Survey of Cryptographic Product