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What can a master password also be called?
When having a company computer that is full disk encrypted, it is common that the boss have a master password / backdoor, so the data always can be decrypted.
I have heard some call this for "scrow" ...
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What is the best way to put a backdoor in an encryption system?
How can you put a backdoor into an encryption algorithm? Are there any techniques that can be used to reduce the time it takes to break a key?
I am looking for practical examples encryption schemes ...
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When is an asymmetric scheme considered broken?
Does the following quote imply that valid encrypted data can be created and decrypted by someone other than the owner of a private key:
An asymmetric encryption scheme is considered to be broken ...
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Could one construct a cipher that is secure for friendly parties to use but insecure for hostile parties?
Consider the situation of a nation state (Blue) at war with another nation state (Red). Blue wants to deploy a secure cipher that blue currently can not break, but they are considered that Red could ...
