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 cipher that is commonly used to encrypt data for oneself. In other words, the same person who is encrypting the data is typically decrypting it … Read more AES-256 Cipher – Python Cryptography Examples
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 XOR (⊕)? XOR, or “exclusive or” operates on binary data. It returns true if both of its inputs are opposites (one false and one true), … Read more Why is Exclusive Or (XOR) Important in Cryptography?
AES stands for “Advanced Encryption Standard” and is a specification that has selected the Rijndael cipher as its symmetric key ciphering algorithm. AES encrypts a message with a private key and no one except the key holder can decrypt the message. This is useful for many reasons, but a good example is a laptop that … Read more (Very) Basic Intro to The AES-256 Cipher
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 to Authy: 2FA is an extra layer of security used to make sure that people trying to gain access to an online account are who they … Read more Dual Encryption
