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I'm a programmer and computer science student, with an interest in Python, crypto and algorithms in general.

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47 Is secp256r1 more secure than secp256k1? Sep 4 '14
45 What is a “freestart collision”? Oct 8 '15
40 Are checksums essentially non-secure versions of cryptographic hashes? Feb 21 '16
33 Can Shannon's entropy be used to determine if a file is encrypted? Jun 29 '16
29 Can I remove newlines in a public key? Sep 10 '14
24 Is HMAC needed for a SHA-3 based MAC? Jun 29 '14
24 How to find modulus from a RSA public key? Jul 7 '14
22 What is the new attack on SHA-1 “SHAttered” and how does it work? Feb 23 '17
22 HMAC-SHA1 vs HMAC-SHA256 Aug 17 '15
21 Does SHA-1024 hash exist? Aug 18 '14
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