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Combining AEAD with RSA
'Hybrid' encryption, where we combine symmetric encryption with public-key cryptography, is pretty 'tried and tested'.
To summarise, we generate a symmetric key and encrypt it using RSA. We would ...
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Tamper-proofing log files
Problem Overview
I want to securely store log files so the contents are secret, and they can't be modified without detection.
The files will be encrypted using authenticated encryption (AES in GCM ...
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Does RSA-OEAP have integrity and authenticity properties?
RSA-OAEP is IND-CCA2 secure (indistinguishable under an adaptive chosen ciphertext attack). Does it also have the INT-CTXT (integrity of ciphertext) and INT-PTXT (integrity of plaintext) properties?
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Safely use CryptSignAndEncryptMessage?
I am developing an application that sends messages which I want to encrypt and sign. The CryptoApi offers a function called CryptSignAndEncryptMessage.
The description says, what this function ...
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Signing a GCM MAC
If I encrypt a message with AES-GCM, is it safe to use the MAC as the hash in a DSA/RSA signature? That is, if someone knows the AES key and nonce, will they be able to generate a different message ...
