Re: [python-uk] Cryptopals study group

2014-12-29 Thread Erika Pellegrino
me too. erika On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Walter Prins wrote: > Hello! > > Count me in as well (I think.) > > On 27 December 2014 at 13:32, Harry Percival > wrote: > >> Am enticed by this: >> >> *"you should like solving puzzles. An appreciation for early-90's MTV >> hip-hop can't hurt ei

Re: [python-uk] Cryptopals study group

2014-12-28 Thread Walter Prins
Hello! Count me in as well (I think.) On 27 December 2014 at 13:32, Harry Percival wrote: > Am enticed by this: > > *"you should like solving puzzles. An appreciation for early-90's MTV > hip-hop can't hurt either."* > > And this: > > > > *"Our friend Maciej says these challenges are a good way

Re: [python-uk] Cryptopals study group

2014-12-27 Thread Tom Viner
as I was saying to Peter off list, count me in. I tried to sign up when the challenges were on email, but they never replied! (Maybe they don't like Tuvaluan people email addresses...) On 27 December 2014 at 14:30, xtian wrote: > I'm definitely keen. I've done up to exercise 13 in Python (and

Re: [python-uk] Cryptopals study group

2014-12-27 Thread xtian
I'm definitely keen. I've done up to exercise 13 in Python (and started porting some of them to Rust). ___ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk

Re: [python-uk] Cryptopals study group

2014-12-27 Thread Harry Percival
Am enticed by this: *"you should like solving puzzles. An appreciation for early-90's MTV hip-hop can't hurt either."* And this: *"Our friend Maciej says these challenges are a good way to learn a new language, so maybe now's the time to pick up Clojure or Rust."* Dying to learn Clojure yo. h

Re: [python-uk] Cryptopals study group

2014-12-27 Thread Harry Percival
I might be up for this! That or another crack at SICP... On 26 December 2014 at 21:35, Peter Inglesby wrote: > Hi all, > > You may have heard of the Matasano Crypto Challenges > , a series of challenges designed to help people > learn about cryptography, through the brea

[python-uk] Cryptopals study group

2014-12-26 Thread Peter Inglesby
Hi all, You may have heard of the Matasano Crypto Challenges , a series of challenges designed to help people learn about cryptography, through the breaking of cryptographic systems. >From their website: "This is a different way to learn about crypto than taking a class or