> If you can point me to a university curricula (and, especially, a syllabus) that has hugely better coverage of practical attacks on cryptographic implementations, I'd be interested in seeing it.
Me, too. The courses I took were much more theoretical--lots and lots of number theory. I enjoyed them, and I enjoy your challenges, too.
The theory is fun, and I learned enough to understand some interesting attacks, but at the level of courses I studied the material at, we did not come up with any new attacks.
The distinction is a bit like theoretical computer science versus actually writing a programme.
P.S. I'll looking through material from my old university and see if I can find anything interesting.
Me, too. The courses I took were much more theoretical--lots and lots of number theory. I enjoyed them, and I enjoy your challenges, too.
The theory is fun, and I learned enough to understand some interesting attacks, but at the level of courses I studied the material at, we did not come up with any new attacks.
The distinction is a bit like theoretical computer science versus actually writing a programme.
P.S. I'll looking through material from my old university and see if I can find anything interesting.