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    Learner Reviews & Feedback for Cryptography I by Stanford University

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    About the Course

    Cryptography is an indispensable tool for protecting information in computer systems. In this course you will learn the inner workings of
    cryptographic systems and how to correctly use them in real-world applications. The course begins with a detailed discussion of how two
    parties who have a shared secret key can communicate securely when a powerful adversary eavesdrops and tampers with traffic. We will
    examine many deployed protocols and analyze mistakes in existing systems. The second half of the course discusses public-key techniques that
    let two parties generate a shared secret key. Throughout the course participants will be exposed to many exciting open probl...
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    Top reviews

    BH

    Jan 13, 2020

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    Provides a comprehensive introduction to cryptographic history, current technology, best practices and known attacker techniques. A great deal of material is covered in a relatively compact program.

    LG

    Dec 15, 2017

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    This course gives is perfect to start learning cryptography, explanations are detailed, topics carefully selected combining theory with real world examples and making emphasis in important details.

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    Oct 15, 2022

    Very informative course. It deals with lot of practical examples of failures! Special thanks for additional programming tasks, particulary for the first one.

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    By Vadim B

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    Jun 3, 2017

    I really enjoyed Dan's lectures; in my opiniont the course is more mathematical/theoretical and less real world examples. But that's the spirit of academy! :)

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    By Eduardo M P T

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    Jun 18, 2016

    Very good course, it's easy to understand the concepts and the programming assignments help to understand the details of the implementation of the algorithms.

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    Sep 3, 2021

    I have enjoyed while writing a quiz once and twice. There is a options to write a quiz 3 times. I think everyone will enjoy while writing the weekly quizes.

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    By Altug T

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    Jul 19, 2024

    It's been a terrific experience with cryptography. I'm glad I attended this online course. I'm planning to join Cryptography II as soon as I have a chance.

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    By abcdalireza

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    Aug 25, 2019

    Before I started this lecture I would not expected it to be that good, but now I feel really good about it and deeply impressed by it's quality. Thank you

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    By João J

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    Oct 21, 2017

    Thank you very much for this course! It was incredibly helpful. It will allow me to further investigate this topic. I'm looking forward for Cryptography 2

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    By Simon M

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    Mar 27, 2019

    Great course. It's in depth and requires some effort, especially if working full time, but really great theory based overview of common crypto concepts.

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    By Pedro R

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    Mar 19, 2017

    Amazing!!! It was long, but totally worth it. I hardly believe that such material is given for free in this platform. Thanks a lot to Dan for the course.

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    By Divyanshu S

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    Jan 11, 2020

    I started this course just for fun and out of curiosity. By the time the course ended, I was in love with crypto. Very well explained, very good course.

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    By Ján S

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    Nov 15, 2018

    This course really teaches the theory I was missing while using all the latest crypto tech practically and understanding it conceptually. Thank you Dan!

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    By Miguel R

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    Aug 25, 2021

    Good material, and great lectures, Dan really manages to make the material understandable and his style is engaging. Loved the article recommendations.

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    By Herbert K

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    Nov 28, 2016

    The explanations are clear and the topics are relevant, interesting, and well explained. I have a background in computing science and machine learning.

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    By Ramaswamy I

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    Sep 21, 2016

    This is a fantastic course. It has greatly kindled my interest in cryptography, and I look forward to learning more on the subject from Prof Dan Boneh.

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    By Theo G

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    Jun 21, 2022

    An excellent presentation of highly technical material in a way that is accessible to (almost) everyone, by a leading expert in the area. Well done!

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    By Aneesh S

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    Feb 3, 2019

    The topics were a bit difficult, but the teaching style made it easy to understand. Next time Please show us the programming section of cryptography.

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    By Prafull K J

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    Jul 21, 2020

    Exceptional material covered by Prof. Dan Boneh! His lectures are a treasure and I am sure I will keep going back to them to refresh my foundations.

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    By Ruchit R

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    Jan 2, 2018

    Was fast paced and very well designed course. Enjoyed all the aspects of the course and got to know many things regarding cryptography in practice.

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    By Chitrang S

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    Aug 1, 2019

    Excellent Course. Requires lot of patience but the rewards are extremely great.

    Learned a lot about internals mathematics involved in Cryptography.

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    By Jing Q

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    Jun 3, 2017

    Great introduction to cryptography. I have learned a lot from it, but still, there is much to study in this field. Surely I would come back again.

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    By Pierre D

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    Feb 12, 2017

    This course is brillant, with awesome (optional) coding problems to learn who to go from theory to practice! Thanks for these wonderful materials.

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    By Christian F

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    Mar 1, 2020

    I think this course was an ecelent course. Too short and too many information. High-level teach by amazing Harvard professor. Thanks Dan Boneh.

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    By Mohamud A J

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    Oct 8, 2019

    Excellent course material with even more excellent Professor. thank you prof. for your generosity. thank you coursera for making this available.

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    By Algorithm Y

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    Mar 1, 2017

    Thank you very much for anyone that make this course very interactive and fun. Special thank's for Prof. Dan Boneh as Instructor in this course.

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    By Jesper R J

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    Mar 9, 2025

    I really like the course. I dont understand the certificate polcies on coursera. Why do I have to both subscribe to coursera and to pay extra?

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