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a Putnam winner Only once. ;-) and world class crypto expert I've made significant contributions to a few areas but I wouldn't call myself a world class cryp

a Putnam winner Only once. ;-) and world class crypto expert I've made significant contributions to a few areas but I wouldn't call myself a world class crypto expert. For most projects I could name a dozen experts I would consult before myself.

ignoramous 5y ago
> I've made significant contributions to a few areas... Significant? I'd say tectonic. The first-ever to find AWS-wide chink in the Amazon armor? https://www.daemonology.net/blog/2008-12-18-AWS-signature-version-1-is-insecure.html https://www.daemonology.net/blog/2008-12-18-AWS-signature-ve... Demonstrator of OG Spectre exploit before Google Project Zero got on the train a decade later? https://www.daemonology.net/hyperthreading-considered-harmful/ https://www.daemonology.net/hyperthreading-considered-harmfu... > ...I wouldn't call myself a world class crypto expert... Of course not: crypto doesn't mean what you think it does, anymore ;) But hey, some blockchains do use scrypt, so that's there too. https://archive.is/jS7wJ https://archive.is/jS7wJ