Your On-line Security Is Probably More Dependent on Prime Numbers Than Your Virus Scanner

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You should hopefully know that our core security on the Internet is the usage of symmetric key encryption — AES, ChaCha20 and RC4. These are at the core of our protection, and protect data both at rest and in transit. But this is only part of the story, as this type of encryption doesn’t not really prove anything — it protects, but does…

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Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE
ASecuritySite: When Bob Met Alice

Professor of Cryptography. Serial innovator. Believer in fairness, justice & freedom. Based in Edinburgh. Old World Breaker. New World Creator. Building trust.