Introduction

I know what you're thinking. You saw this book on the shelf and picked it up out of curiosity, thinking, "Encryption and Visual Basic? Security and Visual Basic? Aren't these topics normally reserved for the ranks of C/C++ developers?" Well, they used to be, but not anymore. Now you can perform these tasks within Visual Basic, without having to dip into any C/C++ code.

The next question on your mind probably is, "Do I have to be a super mathematician to do this? Doesn't encryption require you to do some heavy calculations?" The answers to these questions are, respectively, no and yes. Encryption does require some complex and heavy mathematical calculations, but you don't have to worry about those. You can continue to code your regular ...

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