Stanford Crypto 1 Study Group

SUMMARY: Do you like solving ciphers but want to grow beyond rot13 puzzles? Are you interested in steamy romances involving Alice, Bob, and Eve? Do you want to learn how to crack one time pads? Do you want to know how you're using SSL wrong? Or maybe you're doing SSL right, but you keep hearing about this BEAST attack and want to understand it on a cryptologist's level? Did you ever want to take the Stanford Online Crypto Course but feared the math?

Then the Stanford Crypto 1 Study Group is the event of the year for you! Together we will conquer the math and mystery of Crypto. Break down nerdy concepts into everyday concepts.

The Stanford Crypto 1 course is an online course provided by Coursera. The course begins with a detailed discussion of how two parties who have
a shared secret key can communicate securely when a powerful adversary eavesdrops and tampers with traffic. The second half of the course discusses public-key techniques that let two parties generate
a shared secret key. Throughout the course participants will be exposed
to many exciting open problems in the field and work on fun programming projects.

https://www.coursera.org/learn/crypto

The study sessions is for people to point out areas of the material that they didnt understand, and for everyone else to come up with the best way to explain it. PLEASE DO NOT BE AFRAID TO SAY YOU DON'T KNOW SOMETHING. This is crypto, we know its difficult, that's why we find it alluring. Together we'll be able to help each other. No judging, No shame. #ELI5

Python is language of choice, but we'll try to accommodate others as best as possible

TL;DR: If you take this class, you will be able to complete CTF Crypto challenges!

GOAL: Complete the Stanford Crypto Course 1 like a boss

THINGS TO BRING: Your development environment of choice, and something to take notes in

SKILL LEVEL: Algebra is nice, Calculus is great, but not mandatory. Functional programming is highly suggested.

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