Stages of Understanding a Cryptographic Exploit

Stages of Understanding a Cryptographic Exploit

In homage to the six stages of debugging we present the six stages of understanding a cryptographic exploit

  • That can’t be true.
  • It can’t be possible to implement that.
  • Nobody could implement that on real hardware.
  • How is this possible?
  • Oh, I see!
  • How did anybody ever think of that?
  • Dear God, I hope I remember this when I need to.

Check out the six stages of debugging if you are unfamiliar with them. Rest assured, you are not alone.

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