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Cryptography 1, time well spent. ~3000 reviews at 4.8 stars https://www.coursera.org/learn/crypto https://www.coursera.org/learn/crypto

by iou 6y ago

GekkePrutser 6y ago
+1 for this... Really good. Did it years ago and it was all very clear to me. However as I don't use this in daily life I pretty much lost all the knowledge again :)
- stockkid 6y ago
  Same. Having finished the course years ago, I remember most vividly the following: never implement your own crypto. Not many details survived the time but it was intellectually rewarding.
verroq 6y ago
Just don’t hold your breath for Cryptography 2
- latenightcoding 6y ago
  I was hoping it would finally be available this year. Now I think it's never going to happen.
  - Thorentis 6y ago
    The course is apparently being released when the accompanying book is complete. The book is free, and you can see the current version here: https://cryptobook.us/ https://cryptobook.us/
    - iou 6y ago
      It's super dense though, even with a math background I struggled to make headway.
- iou 6y ago
  That perennial reddit thread on this is priceless, it should be an official meme now! Also pretend or real J.P Aumasson handle?
adkadskhj 6y ago
I invest a lot of time in data storage and synchronization tools (i'm a fan of immutable stores), but i know very little about crypto. I'd like to know enough to be able to confidently use existing tools to encrypt data at rest, transit, pub/priv key, etc. Would this course give me such a foundation to achieve this?
- patrec 6y ago
  I'd say yes, provided you complement the better mental model this course will give you with a reputable cookbook list of how to do X in practice (maybe start at https://latacora.micro.blog/2018/04/03/cryptographic-right-answers.html https://latacora.micro.blog/2018/04/03/cryptographic-right-a...), and everything you'd like to do falls into some well-established pattern. But then you probably shouldn't trust my opinion, because I'm not a domain expert (although I have been involved in security design together with people who are domain experts), and whatever understanding I had is probably somewhat rusty by now .

Cryptography 1, time well spent. ~3000 reviews at 4.8 stars https://www.coursera.org/learn/crypto https://www.coursera.org/learn/crypto

by iou 6y ago

Cryptography 1, time well spent. ~3000 reviews at 4.8 stars https://www.coursera.org/learn/crypto https://www.coursera.org/learn/crypto

GekkePrutser 6y ago

+1 for this... Really good. Did it years ago and it was all very clear to me. However as I don't use this in daily life I pretty much lost all the knowledge again :)

stockkid 6y ago
Same. Having finished the course years ago, I remember most vividly the following: never implement your own crypto. Not many details survived the time but it was intellectually rewarding.

verroq 6y ago

Just don’t hold your breath for Cryptography 2

latenightcoding 6y ago
I was hoping it would finally be available this year. Now I think it's never going to happen.
- Thorentis 6y ago
  The course is apparently being released when the accompanying book is complete. The book is free, and you can see the current version here: https://cryptobook.us/ https://cryptobook.us/
  - iou 6y ago
    It's super dense though, even with a math background I struggled to make headway.
iou 6y ago
That perennial reddit thread on this is priceless, it should be an official meme now! Also pretend or real J.P Aumasson handle?

adkadskhj 6y ago

I invest a lot of time in data storage and synchronization tools (i'm a fan of immutable stores), but i know very little about crypto. I'd like to know enough to be able to confidently use existing tools to encrypt data at rest, transit, pub/priv key, etc. Would this course give me such a foundation to achieve this?

patrec 6y ago
I'd say yes, provided you complement the better mental model this course will give you with a reputable cookbook list of how to do X in practice (maybe start at https://latacora.micro.blog/2018/04/03/cryptographic-right-answers.html https://latacora.micro.blog/2018/04/03/cryptographic-right-a...), and everything you'd like to do falls into some well-established pattern. But then you probably shouldn't trust my opinion, because I'm not a domain expert (although I have been involved in security design together with people who are domain experts), and whatever understanding I had is probably somewhat rusty by now .