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Playing CTF Challenges Coop With Copilot (Part 3)

Let’s see if we can apply what we learned in Part 1 and Part 2 to the next level… Krypton6: Crack A Stream Cipher With A Weak Random Number Generator Let’s play krypton6.

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Playing CTF Challenges Co-op With Copilot (Part 2)

Let’s see if we can apply what we learned in the previous article to greater effect… Krypton5: Crack The Vigenère Cipher From 3 Intercepted Ciphertexts Let’s play krypton5.

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Playing CTF Challenges Co-op With Copilot

Github Copilot is at the “Peak of Inflated Expectations” for many, including me. With all the Copilot hype, it’s easy to imagine unicorns assisting programmers in their world of joy!

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An Explainer Using the 1000 Most Used English Words

The other day, I learned about the Up-Goer Five Editor - a text editor that challenges you to explain something using only the 1000 most-used English words.

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What is Attribute Based Encryption? ABE explained using the 1000 most used English words

Attribute-Based Encryption (ABE) is a way to lock something away using “key”-words. Only people who have the keywords in their key can open the lock. The name of the approach comes from; ‘Attributes’, which are really keywords like those you enter into the search box; and, ‘Encryption’, which hides the thing.