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Roger Needham
Roger Needham
Recently, we lost a great leader in cryptography: Ross Anderson [here]. Ross had the privilege to have Roger Needham as his PhD supervisor…
Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE
May 30
The Galois field (GF)
The Galois field (GF)
On this day (30 May) in 1832, Évariste Galois — pronounced Gal-wha — died of duelling wounds at the age of 20 but left a great legacy…
Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE
May 30
Writing Your Name in the Sand: A Magic Trick With Random Numbers
Writing Your Name in the Sand: A Magic Trick With Random Numbers
In random number generation, we need to make sure that every single random value produced is equally probable. If not, we can gain an…
Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE
May 29
The GPTbot
The GPTbot
My server — https://asecuritysite.com — started to run very slowly, and so I investigated the cause. And, guess what? It was being bought…
Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE
May 29
Love Your Work and the Place You Work
Love Your Work and the Place You Work
It is a great thing to be proud of who you work for and where you are based. In the past few decades, I have seen my university and school…
Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE
May 28
The Great Security Protocol That Has Just Not Happened: Meet DNSSEC
The Great Security Protocol That Has Just Not Happened: Meet DNSSEC
And, so we have flaws in our Internet protocols that need to be fixed. But is “just enough” security enough for something that provides the…
Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE
May 27
Your Whole Life Recorded
Your Whole Life Recorded
“If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.” ― George Orwell, 1984
Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE
May 26
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