I would disagree. I learned the basics and done things like cryptopals and that was enough to be aware of everything in this post. At the same time, I understand the threshold of things I shouldn't touch much better. With the right curriculum, you can focus on the non-dangerous ideas, rather than spending time on the math behind RSA like my uni course did. (And ended up practically useless)
You don't need to be proficient at cryptography to be aware of the common attack classes and reasons we use prepackaged things like NaCl before going low level.
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I would disagree. I learned the basics and done things like cryptopals and that was enough to be aware of everything in this post. At the same time, I understand the threshold of things I shouldn't touch much better. With the right curriculum, you can focus on the non-dangerous ideas, rather than spending time on the math behind RSA like my uni course did. (And ended up practically useless)
You don't need to be proficient at cryptography to be aware of the common attack classes and reasons we use prepackaged things like NaCl before going low level.