Naming elliptic curves used in cryptography
There are an infinite number of elliptic curves, but a small number that are used…
Cryptography
Cyber Security Workshops to Establish National Cluster – Irish Tech News
Over 250 attendees from Ireland’s Cyber Security ecosystem, made-up of industry, academia, and government, will…
How fast can you multiply really big numbers?
How long does it take to multiply very large integers? Using the algorithm you learned…
RSA duplication flaws: prime, exponent, and modulus
Implementation flaws in RSA encryption make it less secure in practice than in theory. RSA…
Reversing an MD5 hash
The MD5 hashing algorithm was once considered secure cryptographic hash, but those days are long…
Salting and stretching a password
This post will look at a progression of ways to store passwords, from naive to…
Economics and power laws
Increasing costs impact some players more than others. Those who know about power laws and…
