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What's in a certificate?

The principle of public-key cryptography is fairly simple to get. Alice has a public/private keypair. Alice gives the public key to Bob. Bob encrypts some data for Alice using the public key. Bob sends the data to Alice, who can … Continue reading

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del.icio.us api change

I’ve just been caught out by the del.icio.us api change (they’ve just switched off the old api). This broke the backup script I use. It’s a nice script, it downloads each days bookmarks into a sqlite database, ready for reuse. … Continue reading

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