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Cryptographic Primitive Method
Is there any cryptographic primitive bijective (one-to-one and onto) function for creating cryptographic tools like symmetric encryption/decryption, Hash code generator, MAC, HMAC and Random number ...
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Good enough deterministic PRNG based on hashes
Lets say I have a seed named iv which has a decent amount of entropy.
Are there any glaring issues with the following?
First 64 bytes are generated by SHA512(iv)
Next 64 bytes are generated by ...
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Is HMAC-DRBG or Hash-DRBG stronger?
Out of the two deterministic random bit generators defined in section 10.1 of NIST SP 800-90 (i.e. based on hash functions), which one is cryptographically stronger?
Hash-DRBG (Section 10.1.1)
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Properties of PRNG / Hashes
There are a lot of quite elaborate PRNG's out there (e.g. Mersenne Twister et.al.), and they have some important properties, especially when it comes to crypto applications.
So, I was wondering how ...
