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| bio | website | stackoverflow.com/users/… |
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| location | London | |
| age | 22 | |
| visits | member for | 6 months |
| seen | Mar 26 at 9:36 | |
| stats | profile views | 2 |
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 I've also recently spent time with out of date GSM Standards.
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Dec 20 |
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Is there a field guide to ECC for the IT Security layman? Great points, I agree. |
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Dec 20 |
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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. |
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Dec 19 |
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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? |
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Dec 19 |
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Did Merkle invent cryptographic hashing? It's this but I can't find the text. |
