Introduction to crypto

[hozer@hozed.org (Troy Benjegerdes)]

On Sun, May 04, 2014 at 10:42:33PM +0200, Lodewijk andré de la porte wrote:
> Read the cryptonomicon! It's a really good intro to a lot of stuff that's
> harder to teach. It's also not too technical, which might help you get into
> things.
> 
> For secure devices you should be worried about:

* ability to audit the entire secure device design, including the silicon

>  * Entropy
>  * Radio signals (produced by your electronics)
>  * Physical opening of devices (this happens)
>  * Lightweight algorithms.
> 
> Sorry to have any specific papers or anything, I think others are better
> capable of recommendations. Have fun out there.

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