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B-Con

Texas, USA

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Age: 25

I'm a software engineer. My specific interests are Cryptography and computer security. I graduated from UC Davis with B.S.s in C.S. and pure math.

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Generating Random Primes
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AES with whitening mode
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Different implementations of SHA1, which one is correct?
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Is there any security value of creatively naming folders containing sensitive files?
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How can disk encryption systems (like Truecrypt) resist frequency analysis when they allow random access?
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Why x00 is usually avoided in salt?
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Is storing answers to security questions in plain text bad form?
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Textbook RSA to Realworld RSA
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Does using HTTPS, TLS, S/MIME, SSL e.t.c. protect you from Deep Packet Inspection and 'Big Data' analytics?
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Is there a hash algorithm that is slow to calculate but relatively fast to check?
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Practical necessity of semantic security under chosen plain text attack (CPA) in CBC mode
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Why does the password field not show the entered text?
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Program binaries or files with same MD5 hash
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Does not having https moot this entire site?
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Is RSA padding needed for single recipient, one-time, unique random message?
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Can you make a hash out of a stream cipher?
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How secure is AES-256?
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Is just a bit of random, “fully random”?
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Is it more or less secure when an entity shares it's security procedures?
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How to safely view a malicious PDF?
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Why is it even possible to forge sender header in e-mail?
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Ethernet security
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Are there any MGF1 and OS2IP functions available in C?
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