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Don't put the solutions to the crypto challenges up

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Re: Don't put the solutions to the crypto challenges up

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Perhaps the solutions could be encrypted, so that you need to decrypt them to read them?

I actually really like this idea, decrypting a solution would mean you would of had to come up with one first, then you could check against the preferred method.

Re: Don't put the solutions to the crypto challenges up

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(This thread is about CRYPTOPALS.COM, the site at which we've finally published the crypto challenges we've been running over email. There's also an IRC channel on Freenode, #cryptopals, where lots of people are hanging out.) Give us ideas on how we can put them up without spoiling them, and we'll try to do that. Part of the problem with not posting solutions is that we embargoed participants from posting their solut…

Hey actually i just thought of something, how about a leader board like you have with microcorruption, where everyone can share their solutions and discuss different ways to approach the attack? That way the people who want to share the wealth can, and it would encourage a culture of learning rather than straight copy.
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