# All Questions

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### Which is more secure, using just bcrypt or SRP?

OK, here's the two different ways I was thinking about making the authentication for the login thing to store the passwords securely. The first is the following. Client hashes password ...
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### implications of SSH server key compromission when authenticating users against a public key

Friday we had a disagreement with a colleague of mine about the implications of SSH server key compromission The question was stated as this : What could a hacker do while provided with the SSH ...
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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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### Is there difference between Algebraic Homomorphic Encryption and Fully Homomorphic Encryption Schemes?

Is there difference between Algebraic Homomorphic Encryption and Fully Homomorphic Encryption Schemes?
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### Signing 14 bytes of data

for an embedded device I need to sign a 14-byte string and want to verify that string on the device. Since there is already an AES-Library on the device, I thought about using the following scheme: ...
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### Entropy of system data - use all and hash, or trim least significant bits?

I'm working on a background entropy collector for key generation that monitors hardware and produces an entropy pool. Here's my list of sources: Mouse position Keyboard timings (i.e. time between ...
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### Encryption with private key?

we normally always encrypt by public key and decrypt with private key. If i encrypt with private key, then its still secure as normal PKI ? i mean known-plain-text will not take private key on the ...
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### Vulnerabilities of encrypting data with known regularities

I need to encrypt data that has a pre-defined header and footer structure, and furthermore the data follows pre-defined patterns. The header and footer structure follow a defined structure but cannot ...
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### Is there a way to compare the 923 bit pairing based key with RSA or AES, etc

I've see many articles, most of them basically the same, praising Fujitsu for cracking what is referred to as a 923 bit pairing based encryption. I understand that in comparing RSA to AES you've got ...
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### In which order are the round keys used during AES decryption?

In the Add Round Key step in AES decryption, which part of the expanded key will I XOR first to the result of the SubBytes step? Is it the 10th round key? For example, is this the right order? ...
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### AES-NI implementation examples

Newer Intel and AMD processors have hardware support for implementing AES using the instruction set AES-NI (instructions AESENC, AESKEYGENASSIST etc). Do you know of any clean example implementation ...
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### McEliece for streaming data

Under the assumption that there exists a real-world implementation of the McEliece scheme, could it be applied to streaming data as is? By that I mean in 'block cipher mode'? I've read that McEliece ...
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### Security analysis of a “one-time pad” type hill cipher

Suppose the Hill cipher were modified to something like a one-time pad cipher, where Alice wants to send a message to Bob, and she chooses a key matrix randomly everytime a new message is sent (and ...
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### How can I store a combination of multiple pass phrases?

Let's assume we have 2 phrases, one is the real password from a user, and the other is generated from the real password and almost impossible to guess. You would need both to authenticate a user. What ...
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### Is there a way to provide proof of batch RSA security?

Suppose we have two encrypted messages with two different public key issued from the one server. There is a client who wants to send these to messages to the server. In the middle there is an ...
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### Hash or encryption function for challenge-response protocol?

Say I have an authentication protocol where the shared secret is never transmitted. The server passes a challenge to the client and the client calculates a response using an algorithm where the ...
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### Is it possible to spoof an identity cert modulus?

I was looking at FOAF+SSL and wondering if its possible to spoof the modulus of the browser certificate so that the FOAF and browser certificate's modulus match?
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### Where can I find Secp256k1 ECDSA test vectors?

I`m currently implementing an ECDSA library based on curves like secp256k1. I would like to test it using some test vectors, like ...
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### Using a round function intended for an SP network in a Feistel network?

If I use the round function from a secure SP network (such as AES) and use it in a Feistel netwok, is this a good starting point for the second cipher? My thought is "yes" because: it already has ...
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### What's the difference between PBKDF and SHA and why use them together?

I've been reading a little bit about hashing lately and according to AgileBits, they use "SHA512 within PBKDF2" in their new vault file. I've looked in Wikipedia for both names and I know PBKDF2 is a ...
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### RSA Encryption problem for Discrete Math

I am doing practice problems for my upcoming final exam, and am having trouble with this RSA encryption problem. If any one could check to see if i did these correctly, it would be greatly ...
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### How much weaker is AES-64 than AES-128?

It's hard to say exact QC specs, but let's assume we have decent a quantum computer using Grover's algorithm that is able to half AES-128 keyspace to that of AES-64. How long will a bruteforce attack ...
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### How to detect what crypto-method is used by Filecoder.Q?

I have 2 different images, one original, and one locked by a malware detected by eset as "Win32/Filecoder.Q". How to detect the encryption method that is used and the key, that is not using any ...
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### Can multi-prime RSA be used to create an abuse-resistant lawful interception mechanism?

New to site so this may have been asked before: Can multi-prime RSA, i.e. where N is product of three or more distinct primes, be used for secure communication while allowing distinct authoritative ...
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### Steps to encrypt endorsements to a petition

I plan to circulate a petition, asking people to support it. This petition will reach a senior government official. In regular circumstances, people would support such petitions by writing their ...
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### How SAM modules secure transactions?

As you know SAM Modules are used mainly in the electronic payment industry. Due to the low security of key storing in general storage devices or MCUs, Manufacturers used SAM modules for secure storing ...
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