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Chris S • September 25, 2009 3:59 PM
@nick … then this isn’t really aimed at you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom%27s_Taxonomy
In earlier stages of learning, simply keeping track of the parts of the process and how they inter-relate is a key learning goal. The parts you are concerned about are indeed important – but only after the student demonstrates some fundamental understanding of how an encryption protocol would operate in the first place.
B. Real • September 25, 2009 4:03 PM
A posting AFTER the Friday Squid? What is this world coming to?
A non E mouse • September 25, 2009 4:13 PM
A Stick Figure Guide to AES
And here I expected something from XKCD…
Pretty nice, although my head started to hurt towards the end… It is late Friday afternoon after alll. 😉
Noble_Seft • September 25, 2009 4:15 PM
At least he’s holding off on posts about the big arrest and the other “given a fake device” arrests. I have to admire a guy that doesn’t jump right on the story of the moment. Thanks.
eMouse • September 25, 2009 6:41 PM
Damn, A non E mouse beat me to saying that.
I wonder if Mr. Monroe is reading this right now?
Randall • September 25, 2009 7:29 PM
Love the way it goes through at more and more detailed levels. I could nitpick some things, of course, but basically it’s great.
Jim • September 25, 2009 10:17 PM
Nice enough, but not nearly as entertaining as the stick figure explanation of AIG.
http://docs.google.com/present/view?skipauth=true&pli=1&id=ddp4zq7n_0cdjsr4fn
Bruce Schneier • September 25, 2009 10:26 PM
“A posting AFTER the Friday Squid? What is this world coming to?”
I’m not quite sure what happened either.
Clive Robinson • September 26, 2009 8:52 AM
@ Bruce,
“I’m not quite sure what happened either.”
You don’t even have the old “Concord flyer” excuse of “you arrived before you left”…
Durable Ally • September 27, 2009 3:02 AM
Sophomoric at best.
Nostromo • September 28, 2009 3:45 AM
It’s very good.
David • September 28, 2009 8:38 AM
Stick figures can be expressive. I thought the “little Bobby Tables” xkcd strip was the best introduction to some SQL vulnerabilities I’d seen.
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nick • September 25, 2009 3:01 PM
My only complaint is that the math, which the comic spends a great deal of time discussing, is far less important than the non-obvious potential attacks and pitfalls in implementation (things like ECB).