Extorque

Grammatically laymanizing cryptography.

We love cryptography and we love writing; in fact, we love it so much that we dedicate a rather large chunk of our time to carefully crafting essays and typesetting academic papers. We publish because developers don't always have a cryptographer at their disposal; if they don't have a solid reference to map out where they should be going and the best route to take, they'll wind up quite lost. Here's a list of selected publications:

Articles for IEEE Security & Privacy:

Alice Tutors Bob on Mature and Minimalist Cryptography

This is the original draft of an article by Justin Troutman, introducing the fundamentals behind the design paradigm of "green cryptography," which was adapted for the Crypto Corner column of IEEE Security & Privacy's July/August 2008 issue; the adaptation is dubbed, "The Virtues of Mature and Minimalist Cryptography."

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Articles for Microsoft TechNet Magazine:

On Shifting “Windows” and “Security” from Less Antonymous to More Synonymous

This is the original draft of an article by Justin Troutman, pertaining to Windows Vista's BitLocker technology, which was adapted for the Security Watch column of Microsoft TechNet Magazine's October 2007 issue; the adaptation is dubbed, "BitLocker and the Complexities of Trust."

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Articles for WindowSecurity.com:

[December 12^th, 2006]