Thomas Pornin

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Cryptographer, programmer in several languages (C, Java, several assemblies, Pascal, Forth...). I also have a life.


1,296 Answers

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Which is the most vulnerable to MITM attacks, SSL or SSH?
feb 11 '12 at 19:58
11
Is AES encrypting a password with itself more secure than SHA1?
jan 8 '12 at 16:00
11
sniffing/recording GSM 3G signals
jan 6 '12 at 13:29
11
Can a dictionary attack crack a Diceware passphrase?
jan 3 '12 at 1:42
11
HTTPS Apache2 Information Leakage
nov 21 '11 at 22:20
11
How far can we go in preventing videos from spreading out using P2P networks like BitTorrent?
oct 28 '11 at 12:26
11
Am I protected from USB autorun malware on Windows 7?
oct 18 '11 at 15:50
11
Asymmetric vs Symmetric Encryption
sep 16 '11 at 18:46
11
Feeding /dev/random entropy pool?
sep 12 '11 at 15:11
11
Is 1024bit Diffie Hellman key exchange secure?
jul 20 '11 at 12:46
11
What is sandboxing?
jul 15 '11 at 18:42
11
Is there any advantage of bcrypt over multiple iterations of SHA-x/MD5?
jul 11 '11 at 12:19
11
Is there a way to accept signed requests without storing client's password in plaintext?
mar 11 '11 at 14:00
11
MD5 display format
feb 24 '11 at 22:07
10
Can attackers steal SSL certificate from server and use it for MITM attacks?
may 23 at 0:35
10
Homomorphic encryption used for e-voting?
may 13 at 11:41
10
How can Antivirus differentiate between a Trojan and a normal remote desktop application software?
apr 18 at 14:32
10
Why have username AND password?
apr 10 at 17:18
10
htaccess hacked
apr 9 at 19:42
10
Hidden directory with 0x0d0x0a
feb 7 at 17:22
10
From a security standpoint should users be asked to confirm their password when registering?
jan 29 at 18:54
10
Reverse engineering and Java
jan 29 at 12:37
10
How does OCSP stapling work?
jan 25 at 13:08
10
Are there any hardware HSMs that can host/run custom applications using the HSM processor(s) within the hardened security boundary?
nov 27 at 12:39
10
How can I encrypt a file with .NET and have the same file size of the original file?
oct 30 at 16:49
10
How to easily remember lots of different passwords?
oct 14 at 16:21
10
BCrypt's 72-character limit and using it as a general digest algorithm
oct 12 at 17:51
10
How secure is a Windows password protected zip file?
oct 2 at 1:20
10
Is there a digital “safety deposit box” equivalent?
jun 8 '11 at 18:40
10
How should API keys be generated?
sep 5 at 22:00
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