52 Things People Should Know To Do Cryptography

[Hungry Man]

http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/Research/Cr...knowledge.html

Cryptography is a highly interdiscplinary area; calling on expertise in Pure Mathematics, Computer Science and Electronic Engineering. At Bristol we cover the full range of these topics and as such our students come with a variety of backgrounds and need to understand a diverse range of topics. Students starting can often feel overwhelmed by the types of knowledge that they feel they need to know; not knowing what they need to remember and what they should not bother remembering.

[EncryptedBytes]

I tend to disagree with the title anyway . This list seems suited more for someone who wants to know enough to understand white papers and attend conferences. If you want to be a cryptographer and actually design or break algorithms you would need to know a great deal more about mathematics and computer science than what is present on that list.

Additionally if you are or work for a cryptography company the 53rd thing you should know is not to post crypto challenges on forums, and then assume your algorithm is secure when no one attempts it. (Sorry couldn’t resist)