Cryptography

Exploring Tor Exit Lists and ECC Signatures

At some point, I might write up a series of articles on the Tor Directory Protocol and how it is all working, but first there are some things I’m trying to get my head around in order to finish off a new specification for Tor Exit Lists that will include signatures. Tor Exit Lists are produced by an “exit scanner”. We archive exit lists and use them to provide data for ExoneraTor and Onionoo.

Functional Cryptography

I’m pretty good at buying books and not finding the time to read them. I did manage to finish The Manga Guide to Cryptography and have now started on Introducing Elixir. In order to make sure I’m understanding these topics, I’ve decided to implement the algorithms I’ve read about in the former, using the programming language I’m reading about in the latter.

I was pleased to find that installing Elixir on Debian is really easy:

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