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The mathematics of secrets : cryptography from Caesar ciphers to digital encryption / Joshua Holden

Introduction to ciphers and substitution. Alice and Bob and Carl and Julius: terminology and Caesar Cipher ; The key to the matter: generalizing the Caesar Cipher ; Multiplicative ciphers ; Affine ...

Microsoft will finally kill obsolete cipher that has wreaked decades of havoc

Microsoft is killing off an obsolete and vulnerable encryption cipher that Windows has supported by default for 26 years ...

Microsoft will soon deprecate the insecure RC4 encryption algorithm

Microsoft recently confirmed that it is finally deprecating RC4, the encryption method used by the Kerberos authentication protocol for the past three decades. Developed by mathematician ...
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Microsoft is cutting off a legacy cipher that caused decades of damage

Microsoft is finally ripping out one of the weakest links in its identity stack, cutting off a legacy cipher that attackers ...