Cryptanalysis Curriculum

Completed

• Understanding Cryptography: A Textbook for Students and Practitioners: Great resource for understanding the math and logic involved in modern crypto. I read through and took notes, but need to go back and do many of the exercises. It professes to not be a cryptanalysis book, but does a good job of covering the weaknesses and common attacks for many schemes.

• The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography: Entertaining read. I would consider recommending to non-computer friends, but still a good survey of the field.

In Progress

• A SELF-STUDY COURSE IN BLOCK-CIPHER CRYPTANALYSIS

• Cryptanalysis: A Study of Ciphers and Their Solution: Recommended in the Bruce Schneier syllabus. Very dense and seems somewhat dated. Slow progress.

• The Codebreakers: The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet

• picoCTF Crypto Challenges: These seem mainly focused on either old attacks (frequency analysis, known plaintext, etc) or implementation mistakes (OTP reuse), but still fun.

Found, but still need to review

• An Intensive Introduction to Cryptography

• Stanford: Applied Cryptography Group

• The Joy of Cryptography

• Twenty Years of Attacks on the RSA Cryptosystem

• An Illustrated Guide to Elliptic Curve Cryptography Validation