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Wow. I'm not a cryptographer by any means, but have come into contact with asymmetric cryptography often enough to not do totally stupid things... But this resp
by 9dev 4y ago
Wow. I'm not a cryptographer by any means, but have come into contact with asymmetric cryptography often enough to not do totally stupid things... But this response is really just complete and utter gibberish to me.
- beebmam 4y agoThe gibberishness comes from the math needed to understand it and not from the knowledge of asymmetric cryptographic patterns. I highly recommend that all CS students take some abstract algebra courses for an introduction to the ideas behind this!
- _a_a_a_ 4y ago1. I have negligible chance of understanding your abstract algebra and 2. I'll never, ever, get to use it in the real world.
- Salgat 4y agoMight as well take an Introduction to Semiconductor Devices engineering course while you're at it. Just as relevant when it comes to software development.
- tptacek 4y agoAbstract algebra is more relevant to the general practice of cryptography engineering than semiconductor engineering is to the general practice of writing software.
- Salgat 4y agoI'm talking specifically about the requirements for your average software developer, not a developer trying to specifically study cryptography.
- _a_a_a_ 4y agoI'm sure it is but it also has negligible application to quotidian grunt-programming which is regrettably what 99.9% of people on HN do. Learning a skill that seems never to get used seems completely pointless to me. That's a critique of industry, not of linear algebra by the way.
- izacus 4y agoIt also comes from silly names of libraries and tools used in the example as well.