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:-) Somewhat related: Bruce Schneier's "Self-Study Course in Block Cipher Cryptanalysis," http://www.schneier.com/paper-self-study.html http://www.schneier.com/
by khandekars 17y ago
:-) Somewhat related: Bruce Schneier's "Self-Study Course in Block Cipher Cryptanalysis," http://www.schneier.com/paper-self-study.html http://www.schneier.com/paper-self-study.html
- tptacek 17y agoThis paper is pretty cryptic and (I think) unhelpful, for a couple reasons, not least the fact that protocol breaks kill far more systems than block cipher analysis. But it is still an interesting challenge. Worth mentioning here is that there may be 5000 full-time vulnerability researchers worldwide, and fewer than .1% of them will ever even do protocol crypto. Not that that those 5 people aren't awesome.
- khandekars 17y agoCorrect. At the same time, even trying to break a protocol is an interesting activity and improves the fertility of mind. That would help in the areas like identifying security holes in a system.