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Looks like a solid survey of the state of the art, as one would expect from Boneh and Shoup. Given that this is about applied crypto, I would like to see a chapter or sub-chapter devoted to discussing the usability of some real world cryptosystems and their implications. I think it’s something of a “black art” in crypto, but often ends up with as large a practical impact in practice as what crypto algorithms are being used. Would be nice to see it treated with the same kind of rigor as the more technical aspects of cryptography.


What do you have in mind for usability in this context? Things like robustness against nonce reuse?




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