nealmcb

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bio	website	neal.mcburnett.org
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I like to engage in "Technology Serving Community" via free software.

Consultant, Ubuntu member, Wikipedia contributor since 2002, ElectionAudits developer, Boulder Community Network co-founder, Internet2 consultant for IDtrust, author of pgpstat, Android enthusiast, ex-Bell Labs web/security/standards maven....

See my web site for way more: http://neal.mcburnett.org/

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145 Answers

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29	Has SHA-3 Arrived?
27	XKCD #936: Short complex password, or long dictionary passphrase?
24	How feasible is it for a CA to be hacked? Which default trusted root certificates should I remove?
19	How to securely hash passwords?
19	What alternatives are there when SSH is being actively filtered?

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+10	Why should one not use the same asymmetric key for encryption as they do for signing?
+10	What is an intermediate certificate authority?
+10	What are the biggest unsolved problems in IT Security?
+10	In what ways does Full or Partial Homomorphic Encryption benefit the cloud?

22 Questions

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26	What are the career paths in the computer security field?
20	How is “something you have” typically defined for “two-factor” authentication?
19	Backing up sensitive data - pitfalls and best practices
17	How can I reliably erase all information on a hard drive?
16	Simple example auditd configuration?

153 Tags

318 cryptography × 46	82 appsec × 14
237 passwords × 36	72 ssl × 13
156 authentication × 27	62 password-management × 9
135 hash × 22	48 entropy × 4
132 encryption × 22	45 operating-systems × 9

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