This chapter covers:
- General issues you can run into when using cryptography.
- The mantras to follow to bake good cryptography.
- The dangers and responsibilities of being a cryptography practitioner.
Greetings traveler,
You’ve come a long way. While this is the last chapter, it’s all about the journey, not the end. You’re now equipped with the gear and skills required to step into the real world of cryptography. What’s left is for you to apply what you’ve learned.
Before parting ways, I’d like to give you a few hints and tools that’ll be useful for what follows. The quests you’ll face will often follow the same pattern: it’ll start with a challenge launching you on a pursuit for an existing cryptographic primitive or protocol, from there you’ll look for a standard and a good implementation, and then you’ll make use of it in the best way you can. That’s if everything goes according to plan…
Before we part
Someone who seeks to bridge the gap between theory and practice will have to slay many dragons. Here’s your sword, take it.
