Category Archives: Cryptography

“Homeland” crypto challenge

My wife thinks I have gone a bit crypto crazy – I disagree! I spent a lot of time yesterday solving crypto and hacking puzzles as part of the University Of New South Wales’ Applied Cyber Security undergraduate course. Come the evening, … Continue reading

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Cryptographic-hash-based ‘load balancing’ with PowerShell

Even distribution of group membership In many systems, it is not uncommon to need to split objects (e.g. computers) across multiple groups. In WSUS, for example, you may have 1,000 servers to patch, and rather than doing them all in one … Continue reading

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