coadytech's comments

On: Defend against vampires with 10 gbps network encryption

[coadytech]

I think alphager is referring to the upper limits of AES before a birthday attack becomes a concern. In GCM mode there's a realistic chance of an IV being reused after around 64GB of data. Other modes have differing limits.

[EE84M3i → coadytech]

Presumably this depends on the block size? GP did not specify.

On: MP944: The First Microprocessor (2014)

[coadytech]

For those interested, this YouTube video covers the MP944’s use in the F14 and arguments over what the first microprocessor was pretty well: https://youtu.be/YpruA5mC7wg?si=GC1mU5BO-DJyPW0V

On: Hardening macOS (updated for macOS Sonoma 14.0)

[coadytech]

Overall, a good guide. It doesn't mention macOS Lockdown Mode though. More info here: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT212650