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Which categories of cipher are semantically secure under a chosen-plaintext attack?
I am trying to get my head around the circumstances under which a cipher is (or is not) semantically secure under a chosen-plaintext attack.
I can't seem to find a good reference explaining this.
I ...
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Decimal to binary question [closed]
This is an easy question, but I can't explain it lol, how would you guys explain it?
There is a procedure for converting a decimal number to binary in the following way: repeatedly divide the number ...
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Is it generally possible to employ brute force methods when the encryption scheme is not known? Why or why not?
Lets say you are presented with an encrypted string of bits or text, and no other information. What would be necessary before you could apply brute force methods to decrypting the string? How would a ...
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Why use an Initialization Vector (IV)?
Why use an Initialization Vector (IV)?
How are IV's used?
What are the advantages/disadvantages of using an IV?
Why use an IV instead of a longer key in which some section of the key is pubic?
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