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| location | Netherlands | |
| age | 39 | |
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Java and security expert with over 10 years of experience with the language and with the practical application of cryptographic protocols - including the design of protocols within international standardization bodies. Creator of a heavily used common criteria certified product. Over 30 years of experience with computers. Likes kids, cats, reading, movies and several sports.
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Apr 2 |
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What are advantages of using a HMAC over RSA with SHA-1 hashes? small but important spelling mistake must -> much |
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Mar 17 |
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Is this encryption algorithm build from MD5 secure? Made explicit that the given calculations answered the original question, not the updated one |
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Mar 3 |
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Can I combine two PRNGs to make use of more seed data? added 161 characters in body |
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Feb 28 |
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Counter mode secure hash algorithm forgot one commutative -> associative |
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Feb 26 |
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What information to include when calculating the HMAC of ciphertext added 36 characters in body |
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Feb 12 |
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Counter mode secure hash algorithm edited to reflect that Keccak is SHA-1 by now, removed last sentence about giving crypto something more challenging :) |
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Feb 12 |
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PBKDF2 for key diversification added 32 characters in body |
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Jan 20 |
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Cryptographic security of PHP mt_rand() function using Mersenne Twister algo deleted 26 characters in body |
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Nov 29 |
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AES timing attacks made link work + title |
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Nov 29 |
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Why is the IV passed in the clear when it can be easily encrypted? Completed the course (with a pretty good score too) |
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Oct 6 |
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How to hide bit frequency of the inter-packet delays covert channel? small edit, copy / paste problem from the author (checked with the given code) |
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Aug 3 |
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Which of these 3 AES 128 symmetric encrypt/decrypt routines is most secure? added actual reasons why GCM would be better |
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Aug 2 |
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Which of these 3 AES 128 symmetric encrypt/decrypt routines is most secure? removed unnecessary remark |
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Jul 10 |
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Why is the IV passed in the clear when it can be easily encrypted? added edit |
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Jun 29 |
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Is there a way to compare the 923 bit pairing based key with RSA or AES, etc Removed spurious & incorrect sentence, language mistakes, fixed link |
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Jun 28 |
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Abstracting primitives and modes of operation Added another reason: naming conventions & reference implementations |
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May 13 |
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Is XOR in a CBC-like mode secure? Unnumbered list -> numbered list to make discussion easier |
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Mar 31 |
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Cryptographic security of PHP mt_rand() function using Mersenne Twister algo reordered for better readability |
