Cryptography: recommended Wikipedia readings

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_key_certificate

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSA_(cryptosystem)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_signature

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_authority

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermediate_Certificate_Authority

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-signed_certificate

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_authentication_code

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-validated_certificate



I have started reading "The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography" by Simon Singh but I was somehow disappointed... see this comment from another reader.