Today, a typical internet user has dozens of passwords to keep safe. The first thing hackers do when they've compromised a username and password from one site is try and log into a different site with the same details. The best way to avoid…
Digital signatures are used anywhere you might need to prove that you are communicating with the individual, organisation or service that you expect to be. This might be through digitally 'signing' an email or providing 'signed' software to end users to prove that it's…
A digital certificate makes use of Public Key Cryptography to authenticate users, essentially blending a Public Key with a Digital Signature to assert identity. The most common standard used for certificates is X.509 and common uses of certificates include: XCA is a small, lightweight…
We all make use of public key cryptography in our day to day lives but it's one of those technologies we rarely think about. For starters, you're reading this post over HTTPS which uses public key cryptography as does your banking app and most…
The folks at Nitrokey kindly sent me a Nitrokey HSM 2 as part of the Nitrokey Community Program. The tiny, thumb-drive sized device is actually a Hardware Security Module, a device that holds cryptographic keys and performs encryption and decryption. If you've not come…