I’m not sure Applied Crypto is a brilliant place to start. Practical Cryptography is in many ways a kind of apology for the sorts of mistakes that people make after reading Applied Cryptography. Though they do have a role, people don’t appreciate the extent to which we care a lot less about warm fuzzies than about what you can prove, whether that’s eg a security reduction or resistance to differential and linear cryptanalysis.
I’m not sure Applied Crypto is a brilliant place to start. Practical Cryptography is in many ways a kind of apology for the sorts of mistakes that people make after reading Applied Cryptography. Though they do have a role, people don’t appreciate the extent to which we care a lot less about warm fuzzies than about what you can prove, whether that’s eg a security reduction or resistance to differential and linear cryptanalysis.
Thanks for the pointer!