Encrypting Files and Not Trusting Cloud Storage Providers

Posted on Thu 28 May 2020 in Post • Tagged with Cryptography

Based on 2003 paper from HP Labs and published in FAST

How can we make full use of cloud storage providers and online file sharing, while also protecting our data when we can't trust the big companies providing the cloud storage? The answer is end-to-end encryption and forced no-knowledge storage …


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Unexpected Security Flaws in the use of Diffie-Hellman

Posted on Mon 25 May 2020 in Post • Tagged with Cryptography, Cybersecurity

The miraculous Diffie-Hellman key exchange

Published in 1976, the Diffie-Hellman key exchange demonstrated a method for two parties to generate a shared secret key across a public network where anyone eavesdropping on the entire exchange will have trouble learning the shared secret. The whole exchange can be achieved in 3 …


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Privacy and a New "Paradoxical" Solution to Digital Signature Security

Posted on Sun 17 May 2020 in Post • Tagged with Cryptography, Cybersecurity

Based on the paper "A “Paradoxical” Solution to the Signature Problem" by researchers at MIT.
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It is impossible to live an efficient life in the technology space without having data stored online in cloud services, email accounts or even online bank accounts. The internet makes …


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