On: Everything you need to know about cryptography in 1 hour

[tptacek]

I'm interested in why you think that (I'm in listen mode here, not argue mode).

[cperciva → tptacek]

Hmm. I'm having trouble putting my finger on anything really concrete right now. More than anything else I'd say that it's just a general impression from how well in touch he seems to be with current events.

[KateLawson → cperciva]

He was part of the SHA-3 team that proposed Skein. I think he also coauthored a paper on some advances in attacks on hashes with Kelsey recently.

[tptacek → cperciva]

:)