March 2009 - Posts

• Your Digital Footprint

  Posted Tuesday, March 31, 2009 6:55 PM | 0 Comments
  
  

  In the energy circles there is a common reference to what is called the "carbon footprint". This is an individual's or business's direct contribution to climate change resulting in greenhouse gases. In the environmentalist circles there is the Read More by Johnm | 0 Comments | Comment on this post

• Keys and Passwords

  Posted Monday, March 23, 2009 7:38 PM | 1 Comments
  
  

  Recently my video titled "Create an Asymmetric Key in SQL Server 2005 / 2008" was featured on JumpstartTV. A superb feature of JumpstartTV is that the viewers of the videos can leave feedback and questions in which the author of the video can Read More by Johnm | 1 Comments | Comment on this post

• Encrypting Large Values

  Posted Thursday, March 12, 2009 5:45 AM | 36 Comments
  
  

  Federal identification numbers and credit card numbers are regulars when it comes to encrypting data. The US plain text version of the prior is eleven characters. The latter is typically sixteen characters. When these are encrypted using a symmetric key Read More by Johnm | 36 Comments | Comment on this post

• Observing Hash Variance

  Posted Friday, March 06, 2009 7:45 AM | 0 Comments
  
  

  I saw their smiling faces on the latter pages of the comic books that I enjoyed in my youth. The whole family of strange looking, and yet extremely happy, creatures called Sea-Monkeys. Next to the extraordinarily intriguing x-ray glasses it was the most Read More by Johnm | 0 Comments | Comment on this post

• Getting a Jumpstart

  Posted Monday, March 02, 2009 5:58 AM | 0 Comments
  
  

  Over the past month I have working on a collection of training videos. These videos cover various "how-to" topics related to encryption and data security. These videos are available through my profile on JumpstartTV. This morning, March 2, Read More by Johnm | 0 Comments | Comment on this post