Ironically, in the process of writing a really fast implementation of the WPA2 encryption scheme, it was necessary (or at least easier) to first write a really slow implementation. Here is my wpa2slow Python module. To be fair, the actual speed at which this hashes isn’t the point. The point is that I have an entirely native… Read More: Sure, we’re brute-forcing, but what’s the rush? »
Prototyping aw yeah. After the first version of my LCD widgets, there were some things that I was planning on changing for the next respin. R1 just to get some hardware in my hands and start writing code. This next one is all about the cleanup. The last version of R1 is here on GitHub. It works… Poorly.… Read More: ReacTick R1.5 »
As my current favourite project is primarily a software one, I really need something on the side to keep my hands busy. So I opted to do a small, easy metal lathe project. You know how those go, right? It ended up taking over 40 hours, mostly because I am bad at this. But… Read More: A Quick Re-Intro to the Lathe »
As discussed in a previous article, WPA2 encryption is comprised of three different algorithms layered on top of each other. I went over them in a very brief overview, so here is a more in-depth discussion on how I optimised and implemented them on an FPGA. Also linked in that previous article, it’s worth going… Read More: Unpacking WPA2 »
I’ve got a big thing about building stuff in a modular way. So I installed Fusion 360 yesterday, and I’m pretty impressed. Fusion 360 is a new SolidWorks competitor by Autodesk. Basically a $6k-8k CAD package, released free for hobbyists or businesses making less than $100,000 a year. That’s quite a hook. Especially considering… Read More: Reconfigurable CNC platform »
That was a long “next month”. A recap is in order. This post chronicles the long descent into complete and utter apathy. In September 2014, I made some sketches for a lamp I wanted to build. The intent was to use the glass plate from a desktop scanner as the light diffuser, and laser… Read More: I don’t lamp well »
And now, for my next trick, I’m going to manufacture a million tiny monitor widgets to snap onto your big monitors to monitor your widgets. Still with me? This is a project with many parts, but I will only get in to one phase on this log. I’m hooking up an ESP8266… Read More: Snap-on Desktop Widgets »
After building my Piccolo and playing around, I really don’t like the software. It’s certainly simple and hackable and does a lot of what I need to do, but something about the Arduino/Processing pair don’t quite work for me. Fortunately it’s just a bunch of servo motors, and I already have the PIC code in… Read More: Hysterical »
Aw yeah, CNC day. Pretty simple parts, I guess it wasn’t strictly necessary to use a CNC, but hey, it was there. Here it is coming together. A spaceship! ~~~~ Brief interlude ~~~~~~ Laser cut Piccolo parts. And the rest of it. Rough-ish final box. And it flips… Read More: CNC Day »
Hell yeah, acronyms. Restartin’ dis. I’ve got the old working SHA1 encryption algorithm going. It’s up on GitHub, here. I was waffling between parallel and serial loads and outputs. SHA1 takes a 512 bit input and outputs 160 bits, and no FPGA that I have access to will have that many pins. Here’s a fallacy I got stuck on… Read More: WPA2 HMAC SHA1 PMK FPGA VHDL »