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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulg_AHBOIQU Elliptical Curve Cryptography This post builds on some of the ideas in the previous post on elliptical curves. This blog originally appeared in a Plus Maths article I wrote here. The excellent Numberphile video above expands on some of the ideas below. On a (slightly simplified) level elliptical curves they can be regarded as... Continue Reading →
Crypto Analysis to Crack Vigenere Ciphers (This post assumes some familiarity with both Vigenere and Ceasar Shift Ciphers. You can do some background reading on them here first). We can crack a Vigenere Cipher using mathematical analysis. Vigenere Ciphers are more difficult to crack than Caesar Shifts, however they are still susceptible to mathematical techniques. ... Continue Reading →