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Today, I found a really cool web page that lists all the major digital cryptography algorythms, and a few more obscure ones. The list is very complete and easy to understand. Simple, comprehensable descriptions of each cipher is given, with links to further information if you want it. An example of the Blowfish cipher description is below:

" Blowfish is a block cipher designed by Bruce Schneier, author of Applied Cryptography. Blowfish combines a Feistel network, key-dependent S-Boxes, and a non-invertible F function to create what is perhaps one of the most secure algorithms available. Schneier's paper is available here. Blowfish is also described in the Concepts of Cryptography page. The only known attacks against Blowfish are based on its weak key classes."

As you can see, each entry tells you a little bit about how it works, and how secure the cipher is considered by experts. I'm definately not a math genius, so If I can at least get the gist of what these things mean, I'm sure you can too!

On a similar note, I'd like to thank the good(?) people over at Info Anarchy, from where I directly or indirectly came by the above information. Be sure to check them out for 95% of your anonymity and security needs :D.