# All Questions

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### What makes an algorithm “fast in software” vs. “fast in hardware”?

When reading about different algorithms, I often encounter claims that various algorithms are "fast in software" (e.g. Salsa20) or "fast in hardware" (e.g. DES). What properties make a cipher ...
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### Does a cryptosystem provides unconditional security if and only if it provides perfect secrecy?

Is unconditional security and perfect secrecy one and the same thing, i.e a cryptosystem provides unconditional security if and only if it provides perfect secrecy ? I've wondered about the above and ...
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### Can a cryptosystem be unconditional secure if the same key $k \in \mathcal K$ is used for more than one encryption?

Can a cryptosystem be unconditional secure if the same key $k \in \mathcal K$ is used for more than one encryption ? I know that the one-time-pad doesn't have perfect secrecy and doesn't provide ...
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### Best hash-algorithm

What is the most secure hash-algorithm. Can you also give the second best and the third best like this: 1. Test 2. test 3. TEST I dont care about the performance
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### Client Emulation - Sending hexdump to server and getting response

So I used wireshark to retrieve a hexdump that has been encrypted with RSA. I need to figure out what the response to that would be when it comes back from the server. How I imagine it would work ...
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### Find private exponent in RSA

The other answers for this confuse me, I know the principle of d in terms of the equation it has to satisfy. However I'm not sure how I would go about finding the private exponent without trial and ...
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