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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 problems in the field and work on fun (optional) programming projects. In a second course (Crypto II) we will cover more advanced cryptographic tasks such as zero-knowledge, privacy mechanisms, and other forms of encryption....

Top reviews

BH

Jan 13, 2020

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

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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By Petar P

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May 24, 2020

Amazing content, great structure, easy examples even for first-timers, and a handful of extra-reading resources. Recommended for everyone.

By Sangar S

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Jun 28, 2020

This course is filled with a great amount of information covered at a fast pace. A must do course if you need to get into Cyber Security.

By Olusola A

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Jun 12, 2018

Good pace , reading along the transcribed speeches of the professor.The professor broke down the lesson into easily understandable bits.

By Waleed A

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Jun 13, 2017

This is really awesome for basic learners of cryptography. This course motivated me to choose Cybersecurity field for my future studies.

By Henry H

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Apr 19, 2022

Course was fun and very interesting, particularly the programming assignments. Beware, some of the math topics were fairly challenging!

By Filip K

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May 27, 2021

Thank you for creating this course and enabling anyone with a smartphone and an internet connection to learn this powerful technology.

By Vigneswaran R

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Oct 31, 2019

Very interesting. A little fast paced. As suggested, we should pause, think, and then continue, in order to get most out of the course.

By Bastien T

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Feb 25, 2018

Many thanks to Dan Boneh and everyone involved in preparing this amazing course!

I can't wait for Cryptography 2 (hopefully this fall?).

By Humberto M

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Apr 7, 2017

Excellent course. Dan explains crypto from the ground up making it easy to understand more advanced constructions as the weeks advance.

By Sergei M

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Aug 24, 2020

Very informative and convinient course, everything is pretty easy to understand thanks to Stanford University, Coursera and Dan Boneh!

By Wessel v W

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Nov 28, 2019

Awesome, good explanations, pretty hard on the math area (for me) but once you understand the way Dan explains it it's easy to follow.

By Augusto H d L Q

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Sep 23, 2019

O Curso é ótimo, está me ajudando bastante, faço o download dos videos e do material e estudo em casa e me preparo para as avaliações!

By Jocelyn H

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May 4, 2017

This was a very helpful introductory course I would recommend to anyone with no experience. Lectures were clear and easily understood.

By James T

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Jun 30, 2021

Very good course for anyone with some programming background. An pre-requisite understanding of modular arithmetic would be helpful.

By Rodrigo R P

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Nov 21, 2019

An amazing course. As a person who deals directly with cryptography i see myself with a huge knowledge improvement doing this course

By Satvik C

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Jan 22, 2017

There is no reason why this course deserves anything less than 5 stars.

Everthying is nicely explained and there is so much to learn.

By Andrés G

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Aug 3, 2016

Teacher is very clear and the course contents are very good. This course is highly recommendable to any who is interested in crypto.

By Manazir A

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Apr 18, 2016

Fantastic course. I am getting preliminary idea of cryptography from this course. Hope to take the "Cryptography II" course as well.

By JOHAN E

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Mar 8, 2018

Awesome course. Really tough math wise for me, having come into this straight out of high school. Made it though, and learnt heaps!

By carlos g

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Jan 10, 2018

great course i learn a lot and let me know that i need to learn a lot more, thanks Dan and all the folks that answer on the forums

By Purusharth A

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Nov 4, 2017

Best course for learning cryptography. Assignments questions are challenging and test every knowledge you learn during the course.

By Daniel B

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Jul 13, 2018

Amazing course full of useful content! Professor Dan Boneh presents complex cryptographic topics in a very understandable manner.

By Arnon S

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Jan 12, 2018

The course is very interesting. Dan Boneh really explains the material very well and in an interseting way. Waiting for Crypto II

By Daniel M

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Sep 11, 2017

Sencillo, pero suficiente para que el que está un poco interesado en el mundo de la criptografía quede más que decidido a seguir.

By Heet S

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Aug 4, 2021

Very basic to advanced level of cryptography course and it also covers the basic mathematics needed for learning those concepts.