[HN Gopher] NCC Group's Cryptopals Guided Tour
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       NCC Group's Cryptopals Guided Tour
        
       Author : oconnor663
       Score  : 66 points
       Date   : 2021-12-10 15:00 UTC (8 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (research.nccgroup.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (research.nccgroup.com)
        
       | ramimac wrote:
       | I hope this is a precursor to new Cryptopals challenges!
       | 
       | (In case anyone else was curious - looks like the original
       | authors are currently at Apple, Bridgewater, and Fly.io)
        
         | tptacek wrote:
         | We talk about it all the time. For a little while I was playing
         | with a set on fundamental block cipher cryptanalysis (Matsui,
         | differential, etc) but I put it down. When we interview people
         | for the podcast, I'm going to start asking them for suggestions
         | for new challenges; for instance, I'd love to see if there's
         | dumb lattice crypto bugs we can capture.
        
           | Bhurn00987 wrote:
           | I'm curious to know what podcast you are referring to ?
        
             | cpach wrote:
             | https://securitycryptographywhatever.buzzsprout.com/
        
               | Bhurn00987 wrote:
               | appreciated !
        
       | tptacek wrote:
       | I won't sanction this until Eli Sohl reads the rap lyrics in the
       | answers aloud in his videos.
        
       | cpach wrote:
       | Cryptoals is awesome.
       | 
       | Recommend both for experienced and novice techies.
       | 
       | Loads of fun!
        
       | ninegunpi wrote:
       | 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 wrote:
         | This makes my day. Thank you so much for the kind words!
        
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