About me

          $ whoami
          
          matteo
        
          $ groups
          
          applied_crypto ethz
        
          $ alias
          
          neopt="matteo"
        
          $ ps
          
          PID TTY          TIME CMD
          
          1 pts/0  9490-0:23:44 life
          
          3100542 pts/0   1095-0:13:14 phd
          
          $ last
          
          matteo  tty0   Mon Jun  3 2024 19:00
          
          $

todo

          $ cat todo.txt
          
          [x] water the fountain
          
          [x] play CTFs
          
          [ ] finish TODO list
          
          [ ] upload these photos
          
          [x] poke cyanpencil
          
          [x] Strong Perfect Froward Secrecy paper 
          
          [x] internship @ Google, 2021 
          
          [x] TA @ Applied Crypto Course, ETHZ, 2022 
          
          [x] IACR-CROSSING School on Combinatorial Techniques in Cryptography, 2022 
          
          [x] Summer School on Real-World Crypto and Privacy @ Sibenik, 2022 
          
          [x] HMAC something something ---> @ CRYPTO '23!!! 
          
          [x] Survive DEF CON 30 
          
          [x] research visit @ UCSD 
          
          [x] break some secure messaging apps ---> @ {USENIX Security '23, RWC 23, WAC 6 c/o CRYPTO 23 }!
          
          [x] get beers with Kien 
          
          [x] break some secure backup apps
          
          [x] TA @ Applied Crypto Course, ETHZ, 2023 (phew thanks Kien) 
          
          [x] RWC 23 @ Tokyo! 
          
          [x] make cyanpencil sleep more 
          
          [ ] Chunk that chunk chank chunk? 
          
          [ ] Get enough sleep to stay awake for the entire CCC Camp 23! 
          
          [x] Prepare Crypto talk for CCC Camp 23! 
          
          [x] hike from Ziegeleipark to the closest train station at 4am 
          
          [x] break more messaging apps!  ---> Wire security analysis!
          
          [ ] eat strawberries at Crypto 23 
          
          [ ] build a secure-by-design cryptographic protocols library 
          
          [x] play with Noise
          
          [ ] make Signal PCS again (was too slow, they did it themselves)
          
          [x] break MFKDF ---> USENIX '24
          
          [x] new year's in the North :)
          
          [x] RWC 24 @ Toronto! 
          
          [x] visit Cornell Tech! (Carolina you're super!) 
          
          [x] watch >=2 Broadway shows! 
          
          [x] get invited by Piet to give a talk!
          
          [x] TA @ Applied Crypto Course, ETHZ, 2024 (phew thanks all the TA team) 
          
          [x] make a sandwich on stage at Eurocrypt '24
          
          [ ] cool OPRF construction
          
          [ ] get a talk at WAC 7 
          
          [ ] write up that paper that has been in the pipeline forever 
          
          [ ] write up the other paper that has been in the pipeline forever 
          
          [ ] unanamorphic crypto 
          
          [ ] survive the summer

Cocktails

          $ cd cocktails; ls
          
          README.md
          
          ORC_Martini_Wodka.md
          
          KENNY_Duke_Orama.md
          
          $ cat README.md
          
          If you are facing a long and difficult task, it is in the tradition of the
          Masters to accompany it with a cocktail. In this folder, a growing collection
          of recipes, distilled from said Masters.
          
          $ cat ORC_Martini_Wodka.md
          
          # "Zen" cocktail for reversing
          
            -  Two ice cubes
          
            -  Dry Martini (1/3)
          
            -  Wodka Moskowskaia (1/3)
          
            -  Schweppes (1/3)
          
            -  Lemon zest
          
            -  Green Olive
          
            "Sip slowly, look at the data, meditate, crack anything in sight."
          
          $ cat KENNY_Duke_Orama.md
          
          # "Refreshing" cocktail for cryptographic research
          
            -  Two ice cubes
          
            -  Amaro Jefferson (1/6)
          
            -  Gin (1/6)
          
            -  Tonic (2/3)
          
            -  Lime
          
            "The Eurocrypt submissions will write themselves."