A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering Some random thoughts about crypto. Notes from a course I teach. Pictures of my dachshunds. corrects IE6 width calculation google_ad_section_start(name=default) Friday, May 22, 2015 In case you haven't heard, there's a new SSL/TLS vulnerability making the rounds. Nicknamed Logjam , the new attack is 'special' in that it may admit complete decryption or hijacking of any TLS connection you make to an improperly configured web or mail server. Worse, there's at least circumstantial evidence that similar (and more powerful) attacks might already be in the toolkit of some state-level attackers such as the NSA. This work is the result of an unusual collaboration between a fantastic...