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Authenticated Encryption and how not to get caught chasing a coyote
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Jeffrey Goldberg
I introduced HMAC (Hash-based Message Authentication Code) through the back door when talking about …
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Doing the two-step until the end of time
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Jeffrey Goldberg
In my discussion of Dropbox’s new two-step authentication, I skimped on the cryptography. Because we …
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Alan Turing’s contribution can’t be computed
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Jeffrey Goldberg
Alan Turing was born a hundred years ago this year and his most important paper was published …
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Hashing fast and slow: GPUs and 1Password
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Jeffrey Goldberg
The net is atwitter with discussion of Jeremi Gosney’s specially crafted machine with 25 GPUs that …
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Don’t trust a password management system you design yourself!
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Jeffrey Goldberg
Nicole Perlroth of The New York Times penned an article on “How to Devise Passwords That Drive …
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Credit card numbers checksums and hashes, the story of a scamming attempt
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Jeffrey Goldberg
As LĂvia and I were out walking Molly and Patty on Monday evening, I received a telephone call from …
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