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Encryption Problem
"Well, you did me in good this time. Or maybe I did myself in, I don't know. Either way, I'm poached." That's a heck of a way to start a conversation, especially at 7:00 AM on a crackly cell phone. I recognized the voice, though. Long time customer, recent convert to Mac OS X.
truecrypt Very cloak and dagger, spy vs. spy, isn't it? Brings to mind images of James Bond being tortured to reveal the password to his laptop. How far can we take this? Does the hidden volume reveal the passwords to yet other machines hidden volumes? Do those hidden volumes in turn contain secret plans for devices that will backfire on the usurpers? Ahh, the intrigue of espionage, thrust, counter-thrust, a web of deception.. coming soon to a theatre near you!
Concepts in Cryptography Learning a musical instrument takes at least 5 years. If you practice for 2 hours in the morning after bath and in the evening for another 2 hours with full devotion to Guru and its art, then you achieve some mastery over the instrument. A similar devotion is necessary when you are tackling something as abstruse and difficult as cryptography.
truecrypt Very cloak and dagger, spy vs. spy, isn't it? Brings to mind images of James Bond being tortured to reveal the password to his laptop. How far can we take this? Does the hidden volume reveal the passwords to yet other machines hidden volumes? Do those hidden volumes in turn contain secret plans for devices that will backfire on the usurpers? Ahh, the intrigue of espionage, thrust, counter-thrust, a web of deception.. coming soon to a theatre near you!
Concepts in Cryptography Learning a musical instrument takes at least 5 years. If you practice for 2 hours in the morning after bath and in the evening for another 2 hours with full devotion to Guru and its art, then you achieve some mastery over the instrument. A similar devotion is necessary when you are tackling something as abstruse and difficult as cryptography.
| Title | Date | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Concepts in Cryptography | 2009 08 | |
| Protect your Laptop with TrueCrypt | 2009 08 | 2009/08/15 23:28 BrettLegree |
| Encryption Problem | 2006 07 | |
| OS X file encryption | 2006 05 | 2008/07/18 10:20 TonyLawrence |
| Encrypting syslog with stunnel | 2005 07 | 2008/11/12 10:39 anonymous |
| truecrypt | 2005 05 | |
| GPG/PGP Basics | 2001 11 | 2009/11/12 11:15 senthil |
| How do I convert Visionfs to encrypted passwords? | 1997-2003 | |
| How can I make Windows machines use unencrypted (plain text) passwords? | 1997-2003 | |
| I can't find crypt | 1997-2003 | |
