What is Cryptography? A Complete Overview
Sep 08, 2021 by Lane Wagner
What is cryptography? Simply put, Cryptography provides a method for secure communication. It stops unauthorized parties, commonly referred to as adversaries or hackers, from gaining access to the secret messages communicated between authorized parties.
Intro to the One-Time Pad Cipher
Jun 28, 2021 by Lane Wagner
In cryptography , the one-time pad, or OTP is a way of encrypting information so securely that it’s impossible to be cracked.
Base64 vs Base58 Encoding
Nov 03, 2020 by Lane Wagner
Base64 is one of the most popular encoding formats for representing data. Have some binary data?
What Is Entropy In Cryptography?
Sep 28, 2020 by Lane Wagner
If you’re familiar with the laws of thermodynamics , you may recognize the second law as the one that deals with entropy.
Elliptic Curve Cryptography: A Basic Introduction
Sep 17, 2020 by Lane Wagner
Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) is a modern public-key encryption technique famous for being smaller, faster, and more efficient than incumbents.
Is AES-256 Quantum Resistant?
Sep 10, 2020 by Lane Wagner
With quantum computers getting more powerful each year, many worry about the safety of modern encryption standards.
Bcrypt Step by Step
Aug 24, 2020 by Lane Wagner
Bcrypt is a key derivation function , which can be thought of as a special kind of hash function .
(Very) Basic Intro to Lattices in Cryptography
Aug 21, 2020 by Lane Wagner
Lattice-based cryptography, an important contender in the race for quantum-safe encryption, describes constructions of cryptographic primitives that involve mathematical lattices.
Shamir’s Secret Sharing Step-By-Step
Aug 18, 2020 by Lane Wagner
Adi Shamir’s Secret Sharing is a cryptographic algorithm that allows distinct parties to jointly share ownership of a single secret by holding shares.
“Practical Cryptography” Course Released
Aug 14, 2020 by Lane Wagner
We just launched our new Practical Cryptography course, a code-in-the-browser tutorial where students build cryptographic functions in the Go programming language.