By Lane Wagner – @wagslane on Twitter Need to encrypt some text with a password or private key in Python? You certainly came to the right place. AES-256 is a solid symmetric …
Why is Exclusive Or (XOR) Important in Cryptography?
If you are getting into cryptography, or just trying to understand the fundamentals, you may have noticed that the exclusive-or operation is used quite often, especially in ciphers. What is …
(Very) Basic intro to AES-256 Cipher
AES stands for “Advanced Encryption Standard” and is a specification that has selected the Rijndael cipher as its symmetric key ciphering algorithm. Using AES, it can encrypt a message with …
Dual Encryption
Qvault’s dual encryption allows users to require that two keys are needed to unlock their vault. A password, and a key card. You have probably heard of two factor authentication. According …