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Hack the Code: Win a Prize

Explore why programming and information security are in your future.

Professors Mark Lehr and Skip Berry

Riverside City College(RCC)

Career and Technical Education(CTE)

Business and Information Systems & Technology Department(BIST)

Keeping Information Private
  1. Convert a Pass-phrase into a seed
  2. Type in your Pass-phrase then click the button "Create Seed"
  • Enter a Pass-Phrase
  • Seed 40 Hex - SHA1 Result:
    Seed Integer 4 Byte Result:
Create a Message, Copy and Email to a Team-Mate to see if they can Decrypt it"

  • Click the button to Encrypt


  • Note: This is a symmetrical Encryption!!!"
    With the same Pass-phrase you can decrypt the encrypted text"

    Click the button to Decrypt


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