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+# Cryptopals challenges
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+This repo contains my progress on the [cryptopals challenges](https://www.cryptopals.com/), which are like the overthewire of cryptanalysis. They constitute a set of programming exercises where you implement cryptographic algorithms and break them.
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+I understand that I'm (for now) doing this in a deeply-flawed language (C) where there are better and more exciting alternatives, and that my code quality is probably mediocre _at best_. That's okay because this is for learning purposes.
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+- x1phosura
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