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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.