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Publishing in a Cybersecurity/Cryptography Conference: Which Are Best? Here’s AR, PR and CR
Publishing in a Cybersecurity/Cryptography Conference: Which Are Best? Here’s AR, PR and CR
I know it’s an extreme viewpoint, but there is a some truth in this:
Prof Bill Buchanan OBE
Dec 15
Can We Generate a Secret Based on Bob and Alice’s Secret — And Prove It?
Can We Generate a Secret Based on Bob and Alice’s Secret — And Prove It?
It has been a tough time for Bob and Alice. The demands of cybersecurity has meant that they just don’t trust anyone or anything anymore —…
Prof Bill Buchanan OBE
Dec 14
Thank Euclid For Your Online Security!
Thank Euclid For Your Online Security!
Around 325 BC, Eulicid wrote his Elements treatise and which created the foundations of geomety — this is now known as Euclidean geometry…
Prof Bill Buchanan OBE
Dec 12
And So Shamir Cracked Merkle’s Knapsack … But Along Came Naccache and Stern (and it’s uncracked!)
And So Shamir Cracked Merkle’s Knapsack … But Along Came Naccache and Stern (and it’s uncracked!)
I recommend to any early career researcher that they find a new paper which is having a good impact to read, and also read a classic paper…
Prof Bill Buchanan OBE
Dec 11
The Day I “Got” Public Encryption Encryption … Here’s The Mod Root
The Day I “Got” Public Encryption Encryption … Here’s The Mod Root
The day that I really got public key cryptography was when I realised why we used prime numbers and the modulus operation. Basically, we…
Prof Bill Buchanan OBE
Dec 11
The Bluffers Guide to secp256k1 … When Satoshi Said Goodbye To PKI
The Bluffers Guide to secp256k1 … When Satoshi Said Goodbye To PKI
If it wasn’t for Satoshi Nakamoto, you probably would never have heard of the secp256k1 Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) method. But…
Prof Bill Buchanan OBE
Dec 9
A Christmas Cipher Test
A Christmas Cipher Test
Well, just in case you get bored over the Christmas break, here is my Christmas Cipher Test.
Prof Bill Buchanan OBE
Dec 9
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