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“Padless” One-time-Pad encryption
I have just read about the perfect security of an OTP encryption and what came to my mind was that what if the Pad used for encryption/decryption did not have to be transported separately from the ...
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Avalanche noise RNG for one-time pad use
I came across this little HRNG widget and was really intrigued as I have been looking for a decent but afordable source for truly random bits to use in a one-time pad.
The question is, would a HRNG ...
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Perfect security definitions
In my notes, there are 2 definitions of perfect security:
"For $M \in \{0,1\}^m$, define the distribution $D_M$ on strings as follows: to choose a random member of $D_M$, choose a random $K \in ...
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One-time pad and zero key
I'm doing some exercises before my exam, and I am stuck with task number 4 in this file: http://www.cs.umd.edu/~jkatz/crypto/f10/hw1.pdf
Could you help me with this task?
When using the one-time ...
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Difference in one time key and one time pad and many time key
These terms are confusing me. One time pad is when you use one key for one message. That is what One time key is.
Secondly, what is the connection of many time key, can i use one time pad many ...
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What is the difference between a stream cipher and a one-time-pad?
A (synchronous) stream cipher is an algorithm which maps some fixed-length key to an arbitrary-length key-stream (i.e. a sequence of bits): $C : \{0,1\}^k \to \{0,1\}^{\infty}$.
This key-stream is ...
