> industry cryptographers doing implementation work need to understand the research even if they're not making novel academic contributions to the field. Havin

> industry cryptographers doing implementation work need to understand the research even if they're not making novel academic contributions to the field. Having implemented Monocypher, I can only concur: merely implementing the algorithm from spec required a solid understanding of some of the mathematical concepts involved. For instance: http://loup-vaillant.fr/tutorials/poly1305-design http://loup-vaillant.fr/tutorials/poly1305-design