I was recently reading some literature about data encryption and I stumbled across an interesting concept. The classic secure communication model is the one where the sender encrypts the message and sends it across the network, which is then decrypted at the receiver's end. In real life, this is done over several networks and several … Continue reading Onion Routing
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Operation Aurora
On January 14, 2010 McAfee Labs identified a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer that was used as an entry point for Operation Aurora to exploit Google and at least 20 other companies. Microsoft issued a security bulletin and patch immediately. Operation Aurora was a coordinated attack which included a piece of computer code that … Continue reading Operation Aurora
What Is SSH?
Consider the following situation. You are at your friend's place with your laptop and you want to access your home computer to do something. May be you want to start a download or you want to run a program right away. What would you do in this situation? Will you go all the way to … Continue reading What Is SSH?
Decrypting Cryptography
What's the first thing that came to your mind when you read the title? How do you perceive the term 'cryptography'? It has something to do with secrecy and hiding right! Anyway, cryptography is the art of protecting information by transforming it into an unreadable format. Only the people who have the secret key can … Continue reading Decrypting Cryptography
The Art Of Password Cracking
The elusive art of password-cracking has enticed many a mortal! Everyone has, at one point or the other, contemplated cracking someone's password to get access to their private information. Whenever people hear the term 'hacking', the first thing that comes to their mind is 'cracking passwords'. A lot of people think that password-cracking is the … Continue reading The Art Of Password Cracking
Exposing The SSL Encryption
In my previous blog post, I couldn't discuss much about SSL encryption. I didn't want to deviate from the main topic. So here, I discuss about the loopholes in the protocol. I have tried to simplify it as much as possible. SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer and it is a protocol for secure communication … Continue reading Exposing The SSL Encryption
Perpetual Enigma 