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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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    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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    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.

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    Dec 23, 2019

    A pretty good course and great to be a part of it. Hoping to learn more in the future!

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    Dec 15, 2019

    The method is nice, the professor is fantasic, it should have more pratical exercices.

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    Oct 29, 2017

    The course is challenging and requires a lot of attention and effort from the student.

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    Jul 8, 2017

    Excellent course. The videos are very well explained, and the problems are insightful.

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    By Dmitry G

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    Sep 16, 2019

    Great balance between mathematical precision and high-level common sense explanation.

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    By Ahmed

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    Feb 11, 2018

    i always respect any courses from Stanford , this course is one of the reasons why <3

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    By Milos J

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    Sep 29, 2020

    The course gives us real examples for understanding of what is Cryptography in fact.

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    By Ionut M C

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    Mar 10, 2019

    I took this course back in 2015. I still remember the joy I had then as I did now :)

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    By Van T T

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    Mar 9, 2018

    THe course content is well organized with lots of examples and historical use cases.

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    By Sharad K

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    Apr 8, 2017

    Excellent course and covers a lot of ground. Fairly challenging, at least foe me :).

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    By mani r

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    Feb 7, 2022

    Professor.Boneh has a great pace, and the course was so interesting and thoughtful.

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    By Izzatbek

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    May 3, 2019

    Excellent course. The professor knows how to teach hard things in very simple way.

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    By Alexandru J

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    Jun 7, 2016

    Great course.

    Very intensive - not a single page without teaching you something new.

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    By Ameer S

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    Oct 29, 2019

    Exceptional content. Clears all concepts in encryption. Wonderful Course Material.

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    By Quang Đ V

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    Jun 15, 2021

    Amazing course! Thanks Prof. Boneh. I hope to become a crypto researcher one day.

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    By salvador e

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    Oct 16, 2018

    Excellent!!!!! The programming exercises are very useful for a good understanding

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    By Rajiv R

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    Jan 1, 2018

    Wonderful course explained from basics. Thanks a lot for the Stanford experience.

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    By Raju A

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    Oct 17, 2017

    Very good emphasis on fundamentals and mathematical foundations for cryptography.

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    By Eric W

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    Dec 12, 2016

    Challenging but worth the effort, especially if you work in software development.

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    By Laurent D

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    Jul 5, 2019

    Very interesting course, I really enjoyed it, congratulations Dan for your work!

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    By Ather

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    Sep 7, 2018

    Excellent Course and all Cryptographic Concepts are teaching in a very easy way.

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    By Jedrzej N

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    Nov 19, 2019

    Fantastic course, condensed, interesting, practical. Thank you, professor Boneh

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    By REBECA R V

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    Oct 8, 2017

    Excellent explanations. So much better than reading the explanations in a book.

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    By Nicholas C

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    Mar 27, 2017

    Excellent resource for encryption primitives, and the math behind good crypto.

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    By leo y

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    Jul 1, 2022

    Excellent course!! I learned a lot, very practical with lot of useful content

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