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Cryptography is awesome, but modern cryptography has a seriously high barrier to entry that prevents a lot of people from getting into its technical side. Fortunately, many important lessons, attacks, and concepts can be demonstrated using classic pre-digital ciphers. Over the course of this four-hour workshop attendees will: | Cryptography is awesome, but modern cryptography has a seriously high barrier to entry that prevents a lot of people from getting into its technical side. Fortunately, many important lessons, attacks, and concepts can be demonstrated using classic pre-digital ciphers. Over the course of this four-hour workshop attendees will: | ||
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* Learn the technical basics of cryptography. | * Learn the technical basics of cryptography. | ||
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* Implement classic ciphers by hand. | * Implement classic ciphers by hand. | ||
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* Learn about weaknesses in these ciphers and how to leverage these weaknesses to crack said ciphers. | * Learn about weaknesses in these ciphers and how to leverage these weaknesses to crack said ciphers. | ||
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* Get examples (in Python) from my Open Source framework to automate standard cryptographic functions, including attacks and analysis. | * Get examples (in Python) from my Open Source framework to automate standard cryptographic functions, including attacks and analysis. | ||
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* Learn the history and stories surrounding my chosen ciphers. | * Learn the history and stories surrounding my chosen ciphers. | ||
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* Learn a methodology so that when given an unknown ciphertext, they will be able to diagnose the cipher used and implement an attack. | * Learn a methodology so that when given an unknown ciphertext, they will be able to diagnose the cipher used and implement an attack. | ||
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Ultimately we're aiming to have the workshop be 50% technical instruction, 40% hands-on work with guidance, and 10% historical narratives. | Ultimately we're aiming to have the workshop be 50% technical instruction, 40% hands-on work with guidance, and 10% historical narratives. | ||
Latest revision as of 20:53, 9 September 2014
Cryptography is awesome, but modern cryptography has a seriously high barrier to entry that prevents a lot of people from getting into its technical side. Fortunately, many important lessons, attacks, and concepts can be demonstrated using classic pre-digital ciphers. Over the course of this four-hour workshop attendees will:
* Learn the technical basics of cryptography.
* Implement classic ciphers by hand.
* Learn about weaknesses in these ciphers and how to leverage these weaknesses to crack said ciphers.
* Get examples (in Python) from my Open Source framework to automate standard cryptographic functions, including attacks and analysis.
* Learn the history and stories surrounding my chosen ciphers.
* Learn a methodology so that when given an unknown ciphertext, they will be able to diagnose the cipher used and implement an attack.
Ultimately we're aiming to have the workshop be 50% technical instruction, 40% hands-on work with guidance, and 10% historical narratives.