Dumb Things I’ve Done in the Name of Crypto (part 1)
Let’s just begin with the obvious. I’m an idiot. Fortunately, (I believe) that I’m less of an idiot now than I was over a decade ago. I mean, I see why this stuff is dumb, so that has to count for...
View ArticleDumb Things I’ve Done in the Name of Crypto (part 2)
Last time, I showed you guys a method of encoding and decoding values that I created and used to send “secret” messages back and forth. It was stupid and naive, but didn’t hurt anyone because it was...
View ArticleWhy Salt Your Hashes?
Note: Post has been updated below Salted hashes? Have I decided to blog about breakfast? No. By “Hash”, I mean “cryptographic hashes” and by “Salt”, I mean “additional input added to a one way hashing...
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