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Thomas Pornin
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Cryptographer, programmer in several languages (C, Java, several assemblies, Pascal, Forth...). I also have a life.

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Why do people post questions on here they can easily google an answer for?
Feb 4, 2016
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I hereby declare the 22nd of September each year to be Bear Day!
Sep 23, 2013
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Request for comment: Stack Overflow is hiring a Director of Information Security
Feb 19, 2018
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Clarify our stance on black hat questions
Aug 11, 2012
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Is Security.SE only for professionals?
Apr 19, 2015
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Should we change our name to “Information Security” or “Security”?
Aug 23, 2013
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Should we allow malware authors to weigh in on questions?
Apr 19, 2016
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Should answers contain images which add nothing to the answer?
Mar 16, 2016
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Is This Password Scheme Secure anti pattern/canonical question?
Jun 7, 2016
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Requests for Question of The Week blog posts
Nov 27, 2012
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How to securely hash passwords?
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How does SSL/TLS work?
668
Do any security experts recommend bcrypt for password storage?
602
CRIME - How to beat the BEAST successor?
565
What's the difference between SSL, TLS, and HTTPS?

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