Archives for Software Dev
Hashing and Loss of Information
Hashing and Loss of Information, Key Derivation Hash functions lose information that is present in the input data. This is required in order to generate a fixed-length output hash value. This…
Hash and then Encrypt?
Hash and then Encrypt? Recently, I came across some code that did this. It makes no sense to do this. Hashing an input before encrypting it with an algorithm like…
Javascript Security Testing – Pen Tests, Static Code analysis and Threat Analysis
Differences Between Static Code Analysis, Pen Testing, and Threat Analysis in JavaScript When building software, ensuring security is paramount, especially when working with a widely used language like JavaScript. To…
Alternatives and Competitors to PKI Encryption
Competitors to PKI: Identity-Based Encryption (IBE): Instead of relying on certificates like PKI, IBE uses identity information (, email address) as the public key. Competitors: Voltage Security (now part of…
Cloud Encryption as a service providers
Also read Cloud KMS - Encryption as a service Encryption-as-a-Service Providers: Amazon Web Services (AWS) Key Management Service (KMS): Provides encryption services with integrated key management for AWS services and…
project maps replace gannt charts
Gannt Charts are tedious and upating them is error-prone. Project Maps (created by any agile software like Jira, Azure ) is a better visual.
Books on Quantum Field Theory – Self Learning
Relativistic Quantum Theory - Part 1 -- by Landau Relativistic Quantum Theory Part 2 - by Landau An introduction to Quantum Field Theory - Peskin and Schroder Student Friendly Quantum…
Detachment, Riding a Bicycle, Infinite Inner Potential
Swami Bodhinanda writes about three different stages in yoga. These stages are a) Developing Powers of Concentration and b) Developing Powers of Detachment. c) Combining one and two - COncentration…
AI books – Some Super Interesting Artificial Intelligence Fiction and non-Fiction Reads
Non-Fiction Super Intelligence -Nick Bostrom AI 2041 - Kai Fu Lee Fiction With the recent attention returning to all things AI, I discovered a few books sitting on my shelves…
Fun Math Fiction Reads
Also read Math Problem Books Math Fiction? Love and math - The Heart of Hidden Reality - Frankel Frankel starts off with the a 'parallel universe' that exists right alongside ours…