Nathan Cooper

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	location	London
	age	22
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I have a maths degree and now work in software (specifically intelligent document analysis) using javascript. I used to work embedded systems in C and WPF projects in C#. I've written quite a lot in Matlab and R in a Mathematical context and have dabbled with Java and Android development. Consequently I joined for the stack overflow site, but I've found history a lot of fun. I've also recently spent time with out of date GSM Standards.

	201 reputation	bio	website	stackoverflow.com/users/…	visits	member for	5 months
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Jan 7	awarded	Quorum
Dec 21	answered	AES-GCM and its IV/nonce value
Dec 20	comment	Is there a field guide to ECC for the IT Security layman? Great points, I agree.
Dec 20	comment	AES key length greater than 256 bits - is it dangerous to do an implementation outside of the standard? 256 key length not long enough!? I hope it is, I just advised people to move to it in case of quantum computing. As it stands it would take 50 Titans 3×10^51 years to exhaust the key space. Also there is practically never any guarantee anything you do yourself won't create a side channel attack or worse.
Dec 20	awarded	Supporter
Dec 19	revised	How will Cryptography be changed by Quantum Computing? added 3 characters in body
Dec 19	comment	Is there a field guide to ECC for the IT Security layman? Answers one question, links should be of use as well. Also, do you think crypto is like amateur asbestos removal, in that the skills we acquire are often ones we should never use?
Dec 19	revised	Is there a field guide to ECC for the IT Security layman? added 575 characters in body
Dec 19	answered	Is there a field guide to ECC for the IT Security layman?
Dec 19	comment	Did Merkle invent cryptographic hashing? It's this but I can't find the text.
Dec 18	awarded	Revival
Dec 18	awarded	Teacher
Dec 18	answered	How will Cryptography be changed by Quantum Computing?
Dec 18	answered	What is an easy method of proving that a cryptographic oracle attack is possible?
Dec 18	awarded	Editor
Dec 18	revised	Did Merkle invent cryptographic hashing? added 217 characters in body
Dec 18	answered	Did Merkle invent cryptographic hashing?
Dec 13	awarded	Autobiographer