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

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How to securely hash passwords?
Mar 2, 2013
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How does SSL/TLS work?
Sep 29, 2012
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Do any security experts recommend bcrypt for password storage?
Aug 19, 2011
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602
CRIME - How to beat the BEAST successor?
Sep 8, 2012
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What's the difference between SSL, TLS, and HTTPS?
Jul 10, 2011
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XKCD #936: Short complex password, or long dictionary passphrase?
Aug 10, 2011
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Are passwords stored in memory safe?
Jan 14, 2013
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How is it possible that people observing an HTTPS connection being established wouldn't know how to decrypt it?
Aug 15, 2011
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How does SSL/TLS work?
Sep 29, 2012
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Amount of simple operations that is safely out of reach for all humanity?
Aug 11, 2011
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Why do people post questions on here they can easily google an answer for?
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I hereby declare the 22nd of September each year to be Bear Day!
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Request for comment: Stack Overflow is hiring a Director of Information Security
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Clarify our stance on black hat questions
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Is Security.SE only for professionals?
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Is it safe to ignore the possibility of SHA collisions in practice?
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Execution time of C program
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Should we MAC-then-encrypt or encrypt-then-MAC?
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Comparison of DES, Triple DES, AES, blowfish encryption for data
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Is SHA-1 secure for password storage?

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