AMAnirudhan Madhavaninanirudhan.hashnode.dev00Breaking Single Byte XOR encryptionMar 20 · 7 min read · The Problem XOR is one of the simplest "encryption" operations in existence. XOR-ing every byte of a message with the same single-byte key produces a ciphertext that looks like noise - but it carries Join discussion
AMAnirudhan Madhavaninanirudhan.hashnode.dev00From Encodings to XOR: Building the Foundations of CryptographyMar 14 · 2 min read · Please refer to the earlier posts in this series on encoding & decoding as a prerequisite Hex-transforms Base64-transforms Introduction Challenges 1 & 2 don't jump straight into encryption & decryptioJoin discussion
AMAnirudhan Madhavaninanirudhan.hashnode.dev00Hex Encoding and DecodingMar 13 · 2 min read · Bytes are the computational truth, every other representation is an interface format Hex-Encoding Hex encoding is a representation step, not an encryption step. It converts each byte into two ASCII cJoin discussion
