Physical proximity and latency

2021-03-28

An experiment showing the effects physical proximity has on network latency.

Notes on Virtualization.Framework

2020-12-29

Notes from reversing implmentation details of the macOS Virtualization.Framework

P-256 in Sage

2020-01-10

Reference code for creating NIST P-256 curve objects in Sagemath.

Authenticated Dictionaries with Skip Lists and Commutative Hashing

2020-01-05

Notes and implementation of the Goodrich and Tamassia paper on authenticated dictionaries with skip lists.

The Hidden Number Problem

2019-08-10

Notes on the Boneh and Venkatesan’s paper describing the Hidden Number Problem and code demonstrating some of the results.

ECDSA is Weird

2019-07-28

Unexpected properties of ECDSA signatures.

Measures of Entropy

2019-06-02

Different ways to describe the entropy of a random variable.

RSA-based Key Encapsulation Mechanisms

2019-05-27

How to use RSA to encrypt symmetric keys and how RSA-KEM relates to RSA-OAEP.

Questions for System Design Reviews

2019-05-12

Moving towards operationalizing system design reviews. What questions should a review team ask, or expect to be answered?

What is the Value-add of ssh-agent?

2019-01-14

The purpose of ssh-agent and observations how ssh-agent improves UX and security.