On 07/07/2015 08:12 PM, Tony Arcieri wrote: > I made this poster for the DEFCON Crypto and Privacy Village. It's intended > for audiences of mixed ability levels: > > https://i.imgur.com/hwbSRHh.png > > Would appreciate technical feedback on it. If you'd like to suggest copy > changes, please consider design constraints (i.e. available room on the > page). > > Thanks! >
Interesting that your analogy was clock cryptography and index
calculus. Mine when I was wrapping my head around elliptic curves
was WWII rotor machines and cyclometry. The analogy holds equally well.
All of these things are a basic introduction to group theory
as used in public-key systems. Although the users of rotor machines
certainly didn't *intend* for them to be public-key systems...
Maybe a good introduction to this topic would have several fully-
worked analogies, on the assumption that many people would be
able to follow *one or another* of them and therefore get crucial
insights into *several* of the others.
PS. Would you mind if I link your info-graphic on crypto-practicum?
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