Elliptic Curve Cryptography, A very brief and superficial introduction

by Ron Garret

Bay Area Lisp and Scheme Meetup
Sat 30 Apr 2016
Hacker Dojo
Mountain View, CA

Abstract

This will be a beginner’s introduction to elliptic curve cryptography using Lisp as a pedagogical tool. Cryptography generally relies heavily on modular arithmetic. Lisp’s ability to change the language syntax and define generic functions provides opportunities to implement modular arithmetic operations much more cleanly than other languages.

Video notes

The audio for the introduction and for the questions from the audience is hard to hear. I will try to improve on that in the next batch of talks. — Arthur