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You still don't need to learn how to implement attacks to catch them. Implementing attacks is a good way to internalize the idea that "Oh shit, this isn't just
by tlrobinson 13y ago
You still don't need to learn how to implement attacks to catch them.
Implementing attacks is a good way to internalize the idea that "Oh shit, this isn't just a theoretical attack, I better be super careful when doing X, Y, and Z."
- tptacek 13y agoThere is definitely a kind of crypto attack that isn't very practical to know. For instance, you don't need to understand differential cryptanalysis unless you plan to implement your own block cipher algorithm, which you should never do anyways.