π is rational, or is it?.
Try this. Open up your calculator (a physical one) and type in 116 / 13 and look at the solution carefully. Chances are, (possibly if you’re using a CASIO scientific calculator) you’re getting a number in terms of π. So, did we just prove that π is rational? Case closed?...
The cleverest whisper: The RSA Algorithm.
Known by so many different names, The RSA algorithm, the Asymmetric Encryption or the Public-Private key cryptography is easily one of the pillars that hold the largest network known to us together: the internet. It’s clever. It’s efficient. And it feels seemingly “loophole free”. We’ve all played with Caesar Cipher; Caesar...
Hashing Algorithms 101
Cryptography is not a new concept to humans. We have been encrypting messages, trying to make it impossible for other humans to read our messages. It is nothing new. In roman times, Julius Caesar came up with a new kind of encryption where he used to shift all the letters of the message to a certain number...
Mathematicians Favourite Pixel Art: Conway’s Game of Life
It was the October of 1970 and the monthly magazine “Scientific American” had a peculiarly interesting article on an apparent game called “life”. That issue of the magazine grew up to be the most sold at the time...
Automating With Python
People are welcoming NFTs as the latest trend in the world of crypto, however we actually had this technology even before the invention of advanced encryption algorithms. Of course, now this technology can be used more effectively and securely, and...
NFTs and BlockChains
People are welcoming NFTs as the latest trend in the world of crypto, however we actually had this technology even before the invention of advanced encryption algorithms. Of course, now this technology can be used more effectively and securely, and...
The Hidden Services: TOR Network’s real deal
Hidden services also known as the Dark Web is too cool to exist. As discussed in the last article, the TOR network is a pretty secure network of onion routers. However, we also discussed how if you place yourself...
The complexity of Tor: Halloween edition
We’ve all heard of the deep web or the dark web, haven’t we? The scary network of websites everyone compares with hackers and cyber criminals. We’ve all seen the iceberg picture thing where 90% of the internet is hidden and we only get 10%...
Terminals And The Art Of Terminal-ing
Terminals. It feels like everyone has heard the word. It also feels like everyone thinks they know what a terminal is, but do they? A terminal’s actual definition has derailed significantly. Here is a terminal...