JSON Web Token Right Answers
There was a craze a few years ago for publishing “cryptographic right answers” articles. These articles didn’t tell you anything much about how cryptography...
Some common JWK Set gotchas
Welcome to the latest edition of Illuminated Security news. In this month’s newsletter, we’re going to take a look at JWK Sets, an apparently simple...
Are authentication factors still useful?
This newsletter's topic is around authentication factors and multi-factor authentication (MFA), and whether these are still relevant concepts to think about...
Performance of NIST DRBGs
Hello! Welcome to another Illuminated Security newsletter. This week I'm going to tell you a bit about secure random number generation with some benchmarks...
How many PBKDF2 rounds does it take to change an encrypted lightbulb?
Welcome to the inaugural Illuminated Security newsletter. I intend to publish this newsletter once or twice a month. Each email will have an in-depth...