Crypto 101

Crypto 101(crypto101.io)

154 points by ianes 11 years ago | 26 comments

lvh 11 years ago |

Hi! Author here. Sorry it's down. Will host on something CDNy now. Was previously on single server.

You can get the PDF for now from here: https://9d0df72831e4b345bb93-4b37fd03e6af34f2323bb971f72f0c0...

EDIT: Unfortunately I am on conference wifi, so, might take me a while.

EDIT2: Now on Github. https://crypto101.github.io/

netheril96 11 years ago | |

Is this the final version?

lvh 11 years ago | | |

I don't think it will be final for a long time, because I haven't really defined what "done" means. I still think what's there is useful, and provides a new, material improvement over a lot of existing books, despite not being anywhere near done. Plus, it's free :-)

privong 11 years ago |

For what it is worth, this hit HN about 8 months ago and garnered a healthy amount of discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7430946

Confusion 11 years ago |

Does anyone know how this compares to Coursera course [1] or [2] + [3]?

[1] https://www.coursera.org/course/cryptography

[2] https://www.coursera.org/course/crypto

[3] https://www.coursera.org/course/crypto2

lvh 11 years ago | |

(Author here.)

I've taken Dan's crypto class ([2]), so I think I can weigh in.

Obvious difference: not organized as a MOOC. Whether that is good or bad is up to you.

Focus difference: I think Crypto 101 is targetting applied crypto more, whereas the Coursera classes take a more classical introduction. There is nothing wrong with either approach, in my opinion. Just a difference in focus.

transedward 11 years ago | |

https://www.udacity.com/course/cs387

Udacity also has a applied cryptography, I haven't tried. but it's good if someones has feedback.

JoachimSchipper 11 years ago | |

I have heard good things about [2] from colleagues. Also, Boneh is a capable cryptographer.

spand 11 years ago | |

[3] has never been available while this seems only temporarily unavailable.

eroo 11 years ago | |

[1] is starting next week and I was considering spending time on it. I'd really appreciate any feedback from those who have taken it!

Timucin 11 years ago |

Site is dead, returns 500 as a response (which prints the Processing Failed to the screen).

jamessantiago 11 years ago | |

Oh, thanks. At first I thought it was satirical. Maybe a jab at the imperfections of crypto implementations, but I guess I was reading too far into it.

scope 11 years ago | |

i had the same issue --- hit refresh a couple of times and i went through

direct link to the PDF file https://9d0df72831e4b345bb93-4b37fd03e6af34f2323bb971f72f0c0...

lawlessone 11 years ago | | |

also dead :(

lvh 11 years ago | |

Sorry! Wasn't expecting the HN hordes. Temporarily moved to Github: https://crypto101.github.io/

valevk 11 years ago |

Looks great! If you want to contribute:

https://www.crypto101.io/contributing.html

https://github.com/crypto101

tempodox 11 years ago |

  Processing Failed

This is cryptic all right. Now I've got my crypto 101, I guess.

lvh 11 years ago | |

Sorry, man. Wasn't expecting the HN flood :) I've put it on Github now. Try again? https://crypto101.github.io/

tempodox 11 years ago | | |

Yep, the flood has subsided. It works now :)

Beltiras 11 years ago |

This is a really nice overview of currently available crypto and some uses for it. Kudos to the project manager. Good job!

lvh 11 years ago | |

Thanks! Not much of a project manager though. Just me, myself and I; and of course the people who have contributed patches through Github :)

Nib 11 years ago |

Sounds good, I'd love to see more such hackers opening up on cryptography...

Shengbo 11 years ago |

I've been looking for something like this for ages, thank you very much.

hbbio 11 years ago |

"Processing Failed"

LeonM 11 years ago | |

Just hit refresh. Server does not seem happy with the attention from HN

Shengbo 11 years ago | | |

Reddit calls it "the hug of death". Quite fitting imho.