Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderAlso I can highly recommend Introduction to Cryptography course by Christof Paar - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1usFRN4LCMcfIV7UjHNuQg (and the text book https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-642-04101-3 but you may not need it) About 2-3 years ago, I've watched all the lectures and then a couple of months ago I've watched them again to remember the details. It's joy watching Christof giving cryptography lectures.
Looks like a solid survey of the state of the art, as one would expect from Boneh and Shoup. Given that this is about applied crypto, I would like to see a chapter or sub-chapter devoted to discussing the usability of some real world cryptosystems and their implications. I think it’s something of a “black art” in crypto, but often ends up with as large a practical impact in practice as what crypto algorithms are being used. Would be nice…
This is basically the long-expected (I've been enrolled for years!) Cryptography II course on Coursera. They link to it on the Coursera page. If you're interested in crypto, you need to take Cryptography I. The course is fantastic.
Link to 2nd Draft: https://crypto.stanford.edu/~dabo/cryptobook/draft_0_2.pdf Previous discussion ["meh"]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10119029
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 688
- Total comments
- 90
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-15 | A Graduate Course in Applied Cryptography (Dan Boneh and Victor Shoup) | smartera | 2 | 1 |
| 2016-12-30 | A Graduate Course in Applied Cryptography (Dan Boneh and Victor Shoup) [Draft 3] | iou | 2 | 0 |
| 2020-04-25 | A Graduate Course in Applied CryptographyFirst breakout | spking | 331 | 36 |
| 2021-10-07 | A Graduate Course in Applied Cryptography (2020) | Tomte | 2 | 1 |
| 2021-10-09 | A Graduate Course in Applied Cryptography (2020) | Tomte | 1 | 0 |
| 2021-10-19 | A Graduate Course in Applied CryptographyBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | ColinWright | 340 | 52 |
| 2023-01-18 | A Graduate Course in Applied Cryptography (2023-01-14 update) | mauricioc | 2 | 0 |
| 2023-01-19 | New Version of 'A Graduate Course in Applied Cryptography' | altro | 2 | 0 |
| 2023-01-24 | A Graduate Course in Applied Cryptography | Tomte | 3 | 0 |
| 2024-01-08 | A Graduate Course in Applied Cryptography (Free eBook) | maayank | 3 | 0 |