Chryptography & You: Let's get to known each other

[Birkoff]

Hi all!

Since this site pretends to be a social network for computer specialists, a.k.a. hackers, I suggest we have a more social than technical topic too in this community...

This topic is for:
* Say some words about who you are, where are you from, what you do for living, etc.
* And of course, say what is your interest/involvement with the cryptography area.

[Birkoff]

Well... I'll start:

My name is Cristian, I'm a under graduation student on Computer Sciences at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil. I'm 24 years old. I'm an enthusiast of computer programming and especially information security topics.

Since last year I'm working on cryptographic applications research projects at my university, mainly on applications and software for PKIs. We don't work too much on Cryptographic theory, algorithms and that stuff, but I have a lot of personal interest on this too.

One of the projects I'm working in is the deployment of an academic PKI that will cover most of the biggest Brazilian universities and serve many PKI based services to them. I would be very happy to hear about similar projects around the world and exchange knowledge and experience.

Next?

[awk]

Hello, I am Felipe and I am an electronic engineer with an MSc in Telecommunications and Security. I currently work as a consultant for a big firm in the area of system integration and technology under the specialty of security.

I am interested in cryprography as the main tool for enabling secure communication and transactions. I have a particular enthusiasm for cryptographic implementations of algorithms in software and hardware and how these may be leveraged to break the final security. I refer specifically to cases such as time attacks and more generally to side channel attacks.

I currently live in Paris but I am Colombian.

[marab]

Hi
My name is Mardonio Abreu, I've just started Computer Sciences last fall at the Autonomous Metropolitan University in Mexico city,
I really enjoy programming and I just want learn what cryptography is about ?

[A n d r o i d]

Hi to all,

My name is Adrian, and I haven been interested in computers in general for quite some time now. I just recently obtain an interest in computer cryptography and would like to learn more about it in general from people with similar interest and would hope to return the knowledge back to other people one day. Also, is anyone here still active?