Archive for the 'Cryptography' Category

Python Script that Cracks MD5 and acts as an eggdrop in 125 lines

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

A friend of mine (which hopefully won’t mind me sharing this! (eek) ) shown me this the other day. It’s super. Check it out.

#!/usr/bin/env python
#Cracks md5 using wordlist, also can add words to the list from channel
#generate md5s and can check wordlist length.
#Args:
#!crack
#!insert
#!md5
#!lengthimport sys, socket, string, md5
def load_words():
try:
words = open(wordlist, “r”).readlines()
except(IOError):
print “[!] Error: Check your [...]

Notice of Evangelical Eviction , science or religion

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

“Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.” — Albert Einstein
Some quotes reach us in a great wind, others in the synchronicity of science and modern sociopolitical values, others appear to masquerade as if from nothing, ever present and ever wise.
This notice [...]

The all Seeing Eye that is Echelon Is listening

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

As a english patriot my entire life I have enjoyed the peaceful comfort of my own house, and the provisions and the safety that are made for us (and indeed taken for granted). What a lot of my readers don’t know is that privacy is something of the past, and as discussed previously with like [...]

Intercepting Files with tcpdump

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

It’s actually possible to intercept files on a network, unencrypted ones at the very least. However it is likely you will also be able to retrieve the encrypted information also, and given you have access to the cipher type or the authorisation key for the encryption you will be able to gain access to it.
This [...]

The 3 Types of Cryptography

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

Secret Key Cryptography (SKC): Uses a single key for both encryption and decryption
Public Key Cryptography (PKC): Uses one key for encryption and another for decryption
Hash Functions: Uses a mathematical transformation to irreversibly “encrypt” information

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