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Love cryptopals beyond my ability to articulate it well enough. This is monumental work many engineers owe their “cryptography 101-404” education to. For a lon
by ninegunpi 5y ago
Love cryptopals beyond my ability to articulate it well enough. This is monumental work many engineers owe their “cryptography 101-404” education to.
For a long while company I work for used Cryptopals as means to train/qualify interns before letting them touch serious practical stuff.
Not that knowing answers is a problem (there were public solutions, albeit clunky, before), but such careful explanation almost eliminates the fun in solving to some extent.
Gotta come up with our own take w/o public tour now, is anyone aware of any similar sets of challenges? CryptoHack is ok, but fairly deterministic one that removes “oh where do I go now” feeling, which is essential to bear with to learn to love the craft.
Edits: typos.
- tptacek 5y agoThis makes my day. Thank you so much for the kind words!