Map of Crypto

What's a map of crypto?

• A project I hope to build (with your help!) over the next few months.
• A "map" (DAG) of crypto primitives, and the relationships between them! Haven't you ever been sitting around thinking, "darn it, where's the reference saying that OWFs imply PRFs, I want to check something."
• Publicly accessible on the Internet so it's easy to check!
• Easy to contribute to, as much or as little as you want to!
• Eventually, will have a nice interface that lets you explore relationships between these various objects, and the objects themselves.

It will look something like this, hopefully.

Contributions

• To verify a previously-submitted node or edge:
  • If there are existing pull requests marked with unverified, follow up on the information there.
  • If the information is incorrect, inform the author of the pull request in a comment on the request.
  • If the information is correct, add your name to the verifier field of the objects, or tell the requester to do so.
  • You can then merge in the pull request or tell the submitter that it is ready for merging.
• To submit a new node or edge (see suggested_new_objects.md for suggestions):
  • Make a new branch
  • Create a new file for the node or edge in the objects folder. (Notice that there are currently only two types of edges: "is a type of" and "∃ X implies ∃ Y"). Follow the schema listed in schema.json or use existing files as a template.
  • Commit your work and push it to your branch. (Feel free to set the submitter field to your name or username.)
  • Create a pull request to master. Make sure you add the unverified tag, since all new contributions require at least two sets of eyes before they're merged in.
  • When you have verification, merge your pull request if your verifier did not do so.
  • You can then delete your branch if you want.
• To propose a modification to the schema:
  • Make a new branch
  • Modify the schema as you think it should be modified
  • Create a PR and assign sarahscheffler (or, in the future, others)
• To help with the display of the graph, or a wiki-style perusal of the graph:
  • Email sscheff@bu.edu because I'm currently looking for someone that knows anything about d3 or wiki setup to make the front-end of this.
• Anything else:
  • Create an issue, leave a comment, or make a PR as appropriate.

What this map is and what it isn't

• What it is: A helpful crypto reference.
  • If you know what you're looking for, it should be a helpful way to double-check it.
  • You should be able to trace everything back to the assumptions used.
• What it is not: A textbook.
  • If you don't know what you're looking for, it won't give you a full description of it (though it may link you to one).
  • Another consequence of the "not a textbook" property is that it won't have everything. Since it's not a textbook, it doesn't have to talk about, for instance, "encrypt-then-mac".

Future goals:

• Clicking on an object should give you either links to constructions, or a brief description of the construction itself
• Show (current or provably best) blowup. Whenver possible, include this info in links between objects.