1. The most difficult parts of this reading was probably the section on block ciphers. I found it to be difficult mostly because of all the terms in there. This says to me that I still need to review all of the ciphers that we have covered before, and learn all of the ciphers that we have not yet covered. I feel that a good review of these ciphers, along with a better understanding of how the other ciphers work, will clear up and misunderstandings I have about this section.
2. I really enjoyed reading through the examples of cryptography being used, whether it was fictional (as in Sherlock Holmes' case) or historical (as with the WWII codes). It still amazes me how people could think of such things for codes. I feel like coming up with this on my own would be out of my league. That's probably why it's so much fun to read about it all.
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