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May 20, 2006View in Crawl 4
No Digg, the author states the essentially a minor in math and good knowledge of C are required before cryptanalysis can even be studied : ( This means someone like me with a bba in CIS hasn't a prayer at learning this.
Not really.. that just means someone like you with a BBA in CIS might need to get a few books on various mathematics topics, and a one or two good C programming books.I'm not sure how anyone would expect to read and understand something entitled "Self Study Course in Block Cipher Cryptanalysis" without some basis in mathematics and algorithms.If you are honestly interested in learning a topic, just start reading until you encounter something you don't understand. Then go study that thing and come back when you do understand it. That's probably how you got your BBA. It'll work for this too.
bhimaMay 20, 2006
this is over *6* years old!Still dugg 'cause it's interestingI wonder if any of the ciphers he listed have been cracked
bs175May 20, 2006
No Digg, the author states the essentially a minor in math and good knowledge of C are required before cryptanalysis can even be studied : ( This means someone like me with a bba in CIS hasn't a prayer at learning this.
jay314May 20, 2006
Not really.. that just means someone like you with a BBA in CIS might need to get a few books on various mathematics topics, and a one or two good C programming books.I'm not sure how anyone would expect to read and understand something entitled "Self Study Course in Block Cipher Cryptanalysis" without some basis in mathematics and algorithms.If you are honestly interested in learning a topic, just start reading until you encounter something you don't understand. Then go study that thing and come back when you do understand it. That's probably how you got your BBA. It'll work for this too.
stoopsMay 21, 2006
@cajunman4lifeI always wondered why twofish isn't included in products like openssh and openvpn, it's a way stronger cipher isn't it?