As the statistician George E. P. Box put it, “All models are wrong; the practical question is how wrong do they have to be to not be useful.” To be useful in cryptography, attack models should at least encompass what attackers can actually do to attack a cipher. Serious Cryptography by Jean-Philippe Aumasson #cryptography #privacy #readinglist

@Andrew M. Bailey I think I'll follow along in your syllabus as a fun writing exercise and I enjoy reading well thought out arguments. Just finished chapter one of your book. View quoted note →

Its your algo, build it with care. Follow who you want View quoted note →