Bernstein's paper are very interesting and contain strong material. He uses an excellent theoretical background but keeps practical considerations in sight. The

Bernstein's paper are very interesting and contain strong material. He uses an excellent theoretical background but keeps practical considerations in sight. The cryptographic constructions he published are very efficient (e.g. RFSB [1] is way faster than all other code-based hash functions). I should also add that this blog entry is a good illustration of how clear his explanations can be. [1] see [rfsb] in http://cr.yp.to/codes.html#rfsb http://cr.yp.to/codes.html#rfsb