NFT stands for non fungible token. Lets break that down. Non fungible, means it can’t be replaced by an identical item. Fungible means it can be replaced by an identical item. We tend to value non fungible things way more…
Diffie Hellman is an important cornerstone of internet security. It’s used to agree a shared secret over an insecure channel. It forms the basis of many Internet services such as providing forward secrecy in TLS’s ephemeral modes. Although it could…
The year is 1988. Die Hard has been released, Rick Astley made a song, Rihanna was born. And Robert Morris a young undergrad student at Cornell University nearly takes down the internet. The Morris Worm as it became known (or…
“The only truly secure system is one that is powered off, cast in a block of concrete and sealed in a lead-lined room with armed guards.” And perhaps guard dogs Security is important. But what do we mean by security?…
Below are some mental and practical tips and tricks which have helped me so far from microwaving my laptop and running away to live in a forest. In no particular order: Develop incrementally. Run your code often – unless your…
CoronaWars is a modern take on the classic arcade game Asteroids. You control a spaceship sent in by the American Space Force under operation Warp Speed to destroy the nasty coronavirus by any means necessary. With your trusty vaccine blaster…
My name’s Josh I blog about computer science, programming, maybe if I feel up to it maths and science topics I find interesting. I have a degree in computer science and am working as a C++ developer in the UK.…