Episode 439: JP Aumasson on Cryptography

JP Aumasson, author of Serious Cryptography, discusses cryptography, specifically how encryption and hashing work and underpin many security functions. Justin Beyer spoke with Aumasson about randomness and how it is the basis of cryptography. They also discussed how block and stream ciphers work, at a high level. They also discussed how hash functions are ubiquitous in the world of cryptography. To close out the episode, they discussed how cryptographic algorithms are proven secure and what attack models and security notions are in the world of cryptography.

Related Links

• Serious Cryptography
• Understanding Cryptography
• Joy of Cryptography
• LibSodium
•  Signal Messaging Protocol Analysis
• ZeroLogon Vulnerability
• Episode 383 – Neil Madden On Securing Your API
• Episode 378 – Joshua Davies on Attacking and Securing PKI
• Episode 321 – Peter Budai on End-to-End Encryption

SE Radio theme music: “Broken Reality” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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