ASecuritySite: A Decade in Crypto

I created ASecuritysite.com, ten years ago today and where it was mainly to support my teaching [here]:

I had just converted my Microsoft Windows Cisco program to a Web-based version, and I had just discovered the usage of ASP.NET. The port was a great success, and 10 years later, it has changed a bit in layout, but there’s a great deal more content [here]:

It is free to access and free to use. There are no adverts — even though I get constant requests from advertisers to put their adverts there. The site is for learning and education and not selling anything. It has over 5 million test questions, 12,486 unique web pages, over 1,000 videos, and 100s of cipher challenges. And, there are so many topics:

And, it now has 25 million accesses per year and over one million unique users. Oh, of course, it has always hosted Bob and Alice:

Conclusions

In another 10 years, we may have quantum computers, so who knows where it will end up. The key thing is that the practice may change — the theory will always be relevant.