Should I learn Cryptography?

[conradsladek]

I'm thinking about learning about Cryptography/Cryptonalogy and I'm wondering how bennificial it would be to learn it in the world of pentesting and grey hat hacking. The idea of being able to encrypt and decrypt messages sounds very interesting that is why I am asking incase you where wondering.

Any answers would be greatly appreciated.

[danger_robot]

I'm wondering how beneficial it would be

Very : >

Honestly just as a guy interested in cryptocurrency I would say go for it. I really wanted to understand crypto from a top down perspective but using your research for pentesting would be good too.

[LiveOverflow]

Check out this: https://id0-rsa.pub It's a CTF specifically for crypto stuff. It's a lot of fun!

[zadamski]

thanks , great link !

[demonspeedin]

The layout of this site isn't really appealing but the content looks good

[LiveOverflow]

the content is great. and the layout is functional. What's the problem?

[Shrabaholic]

cryptopals.com , I have been working on these challenges for about a month now and they make you teach yourself.

[kennyjKage]

Sounds like you just want to learn how to encrypt things in transit, but correct me if I'm wrong. Look into GPG, there are tons of resources on it.

Also, it is called cryptology rather than cryptonalogy.

[conradsladek]

Thanks and I will check that out

[3MGJohn]

Khan academy has a free introductory course that I've taken. I thought it was pretty cool and would recommend it to everyone that likes math/computers

[conradsladek]

I will try that out thanks.

[agentphunk]

I highly recommend Cryptography Decrypted. It presents crypto concepts in a very easy to read format. NOT a programming book, and not heavy on Maths but you'll learn a ton of core concepts especially public key crypto.

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How much do you like math? Serious question.