Template:Learning cryptography through handcyphers
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Learning cryptography through handcyphers
Even though all the knowledge has been known for hundreds of years, many people still find cryptography complex. This presentation shows how the basic cyphers works, explains their shortcomings and possible solution. The knowledge ought to be a required skill for everyone who wants to use cryptography and explore the possibilities. After the session participants will be able to encode or decode messages by hand on a small piece of paper.This session isn't really groundbreaking in the sense that anything shocking is shown. The main purpose is to educate people in the field of cryptography and make them enthousiastic about it. It needs to break down barriers of 'too complex for me' and encourage people to get started and use/write software.Besides the ins and outs there will be a focus on the clear need. As with many other presentations this is a fun-to-be-at-session
