https://github.com/dylanmc/CryptoBook

Learning Cryptography, math and programming with Cryptol (and maybe some Python)
https://github.com/dylanmc/CryptoBook

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Learning Cryptography, math and programming with Cryptol (and maybe some Python)

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/dylanmc/CryptoBook
• Owner: dylanmc
• License: other
• Created: 2016-09-08T16:08:39.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2018-09-17T17:07:25.000Z (about 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-05T17:41:48.321Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: cryptography, cryptol, math, programming, teaching
• Language: Python
• Size: 7.55 MB
• Stars: 93
• Watchers: 15
• Forks: 3
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
# Goals of this book

Shooting for high-school-ish aged students who want to learn about cryptography,

and are willing to learn about math and programming along the way.

## Beginnings of an Outline

 * Introduction

    * what to expect, what we expect of you

    * encrypting punchlines with Reverse-Caesar codewheels

 * Encoding information - Binary, ASCII, UTF-8, Morse code, Huffman encoding

    * each chapter begins with "what you'll get out of this chapter", which can also be "if you know all this, you can skim this chapter"

 * Introduction to Cryptol

    * data types

    * sequences, comprehensions

    * functions

 * Implementing the Caesar Cipher in Cryptol

 * The Enigma

    * a bit of history

    * building one with paper

    * implementing the Enigma in Cryptol

## Tools used to build the book

I'm writing the book in ReStructuredText, and converting to PDF and HTML via Sphinx.

(I switched from Pandoc/Markdown to make it easier to generate the index, and other improvements)