Re: End-of-chapter questions for Practical Cryptography?
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 7:55 AM, Perry E. Metzger pe...@piermont.com wrote: may be mistaken but I'm not aware of any significantly superior alternatives. What about Mao's *Modern Cryptography* ? As for Paul's question, maybe we can collaborate as a list on fun questions for readers of *Practical*. - The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending unsubscribe cryptography to majord...@metzdowd.com
End-of-chapter questions for Practical Cryptography?
Greetings again. I'm helping someone new to the field learn cryptography. He's a book-learner, and is starting with Ferguson Schneier Practical Cryptography. I would love to give him some things to think about after each chapter to make sure he's thinking about the big picture. Has anyone on this list used the book to teach a class? If so, did you create a list of discussion questions? Or, do people know profs who have used the book to teach? Any pointers are appreciated. --Paul Hoffman - The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending unsubscribe cryptography to majord...@metzdowd.com
Re: End-of-chapter questions for Practical Cryptography?
Paul Hoffman paul.hoff...@vpnc.org writes: Greetings again. I'm helping someone new to the field learn cryptography. He's a book-learner, and is starting with Ferguson Schneier Practical Cryptography. I would love to give him some things to think about after each chapter to make sure he's thinking about the big picture. Has anyone on this list used the book to teach a class? If so, did you create a list of discussion questions? Or, do people know profs who have used the book to teach? Any pointers are appreciated. Not quite an answer to your question, but it brought this to mind for me. I taught crypto for a while in an academic setting, though the last time was about seven or eight years ago. I found that the available texts were kind of frustrating to use. I used Applied Cryptography and the Handbook because neither alone was good enough, but truth be told, even together there were topics I wanted to go over (like modern cryptanalysis) which were entirely or almost entirely missing. Practical Cryptography is a bit too practical if one is trying to teach people academic fundamentals rather than just teach people about what they need to know to be a user of the technology. I may be mistaken but I'm not aware of any significantly superior alternatives. The field really needs a new, thorough textbook suitable for a one year course, or maybe an up to date one semester intro text and an up to date one semester textbook on modern cryptanalysis. Perry -- Perry E. Metzgerpe...@piermont.com - The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending unsubscribe cryptography to majord...@metzdowd.com
Re: End-of-chapter questions for Practical Cryptography?
On Fri, 22 May 2009, Perry E. Metzger wrote: The field really needs a new, thorough textbook suitable for a one year course, or maybe an up to date one semester intro text and an up to date one semester textbook on modern cryptanalysis. Let me humbly suggest my own book: Introduction to Modern Cryptography, co-authored with Y. Lindell. You may find it a bit theoretical for your taste, but it was written exactly to address the need for an introductory text covering modern cryptography. (And it covers some basic cryptanalysis as well.) See http://www.cs.umd.edu/~jkatz/imc.html for further details. - The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending unsubscribe cryptography to majord...@metzdowd.com