Stephen Touset

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bio	website	touset.org
	location	San Francisco, CA
	age	29
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Cyclist. Rubyist.

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15	I need a good cryptography algorithm that can be encoded and decoded
8	Why does OpenSSL not include AES-256-GCM?
6	Why improvising your own Hash function out of existing hash functions is so bad
6	How much added security do I really get with a longer key size?
5	A customers site had a big mysql injection attack on it, just want to learn from it

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+50	A customers site had a big mysql injection attack on it, just want to learn from it
+165	I need a good cryptography algorithm that can be encoded and decoded
+10	AES using derived keys / IVs. Does it introduce a weakness?
+10	Why improvising your own Hash function out of existing hash functions is so bad

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4 Questions

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13	Effectiveness of Security Images
8	When authenticating ciphertexts, what should be HMACed?
4	Should password hashes be encrypted or HMACed?
3	Best practice for password-protecting a secret key

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38 encryption × 11	11 bcrypt × 4
23 cryptography × 7	10 key-generation × 3
20 passwords × 9	8 openssl
15 aes × 3	8 ruby
12 hash × 6	7 salt × 2

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