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How to generate a key using any m passwords out of total n?
My application requires an AES-256 key K for some secure operation. In order to avoid saving this key in application, I have implemented following scheme:
There ...
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Can I secure my key by XORing it with a hashed password?
I'd like to build a simple password-protected symmetric key system. The key-creation process in my system operates as follows:
The system creates a 256-bit key purely at random.
The user chooses a ...
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Simple/beginner level explanation of salt
I'm a beginner to cryptography and looking to understand in very simple terms what salt is, when I might need to use it and why I should/should not use it. Can anyone offer me a very simple and clear ...
