Well, technically [rɛindaːl], but “Rhine Dahl”, or even, “Rine Doll” is pretty close. Although there’s a joke that it’s now pronounced “AES” since Rijndael was selected to be the standard’s algorithm. There’s even a wave file of it being pronounced as such, which serves both as the joke and the definitive guide to pronouncing Rijndael (he has to…
Performing a “Cold-Boot” Proof of Concept Without Princeton’s Bit-Unlocker
Most in the information security community have heard of the “cold-boot” attack against encryption products that was recently released by Princeton. They put out a video demonstration that showed how they could read encryption keys right out of RAM even after the machine had been rebooted. The big story here really comes from two things: Sensitive information is…
Why You Should Encrypt ALL of Your Google Activities [POC]
Everyone loves Google. They want to be everything to everyone, and they’re getting pretty damn good at it. Once you start using their services it gets easier and easier to migrate more of your life to them. But there’s a slight problem. Google, like most other similar services, encrypts login traffic but not your content. So the moment…