king_mob

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   Career paths when your starting from the edges

   9 points by king_mob 12y ago|1 comments
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   by king_mob 12y ago

   Hey actually i just thought of something, how about a leader board like you have with microcorruption, where everyone can share their solutions and discuss different ways to approach the attack? That way the people who want to share the wea
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   by king_mob 12y ago

   I actually really like this idea, decrypting a solution would mean you would of had to come up with one first, then you could check against the preferred method.
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   by king_mob 12y ago

   I realize however you do it would be a compromise of some sorts, for what its worth how you explained it here seems to be the best solution, thanks for the explanation!
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   by king_mob 12y ago

   I should of added, i'm referring to the matasano crypto challenges www.cryptopals.com
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   by king_mob 12y ago

   cryptopals.com
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   Don't put the solutions to the crypto challenges up

   10 points by king_mob 12y ago|11 comments
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   by king_mob 12y ago

   Thanks malcom, to be honest im actually looking for things that help me move from my modest scripting background in system administration into understanding the actual systems programming level that malware operates at. Linux Systems Progra
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   by king_mob 12y ago

   Any particular reason behind that choice?
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    Ask HN: Recommendations for malware analysis books

    8 points by king_mob 12y ago|5 comments
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    by king_mob 12y ago

    slightly off topic but, like your appsec reading list above, are there any crypto resources you value for someone taking the self learning route into real world crypto?
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    by king_mob 12y ago

    Thanks a lot for the response, you've given me a lot to go and research.
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    Help me understand this ECB attack

    9 points by king_mob 12y ago|2 comments
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    by king_mob 12y ago

    Colin - sorry iv just now read the 3rd link and seen when it was posted, looks like ill wait a bit and see what gets announced.
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    by king_mob 12y ago

    Thanks colin. Truthfully, id love to do those challenges, i saw the link about three months ago and emailed cryptopals at matasano around then, and again about a month ago, sadly i havent had any response (which considering its a free servi
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    by king_mob 12y ago

    I would of hoped that faulty crypto wouldnt be implemented, although there is that old saying that properly implemented DES can be stronger than poorly implemented AES. Truthfully i dont know enough about cryptography to answer that, hence
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    How much math is needed to break crypto systems, really?

    1 points by king_mob 12y ago|5 comments