Re: [cryptography] beginner crypto

2013-12-29 Thread andrew cooke
it's difficult to know what would interest you, but there's a collection of puzzles / challenges that you can sign up for here - http://www.matasano.com/articles/crypto-challenges/ - which are pretty inteesting. you get to solve problems and at the same time learn about how to write secure code.

Re: [cryptography] beginner crypto

2013-12-29 Thread code elusive
there are two university courses on cryptography offered freely through Coursera. In case you want to have a look, the archive for Crypto1 is at [1]. The archive includes video lectures, subtitles, problem-sets, forum discussions etc. Crypto1 will be offered again in a few days. Crypto II [2] will

Re: [cryptography] beginner crypto

2013-12-29 Thread Kevin
On 12/29/2013 1:53 AM, ianG wrote: On 29/12/13 02:35 AM, RossMcFarlane wrote: Hi everyone, I don't want to waste your time but I'd love to learn some more about cryptography, I was recommended this mailing list but its aimed well above my standard. Yes, this is about crotchety old war

Re: [cryptography] beginner crypto

2013-12-29 Thread yersinia
On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 7:28 PM, code elusive code.elus...@gmail.com wrote: there are two university courses on cryptography offered freely through Coursera. In case you want to have a look, the archive for Crypto1 is at [1]. The archive includes video lectures, subtitles, problem-sets, forum

[cryptography] Military Cryptanalysis

2013-12-29 Thread Gutem
I dunno if this was already sent by another person... http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/declass/military_cryptanalysis.shtml Att, - Gutem --- Registered Linux User: 562142

Re: [cryptography] beginner crypto

2013-12-29 Thread Shawn Wilson
andrew cooke and...@acooke.org wrote: it's difficult to know what would interest you, but there's a collection of puzzles / challenges that you can sign up for here - http://www.matasano.com/articles/crypto-challenges/ - which are pretty inteesting. you get to solve problems and at the same