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“Kernel attack” on MinRank — why do we guess $\left\lceil \frac k n \right\rceil$ vectors?

The kernel attack on MinRank is described here (page 5). My question refers to this line: Note that if $m = \left\lceil \frac k n \right\rceil$, the system essentially has only one solution ...
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Is cm signed signature verification considered “slow”

I put slow in double quotes because I'm no expert in encryption (I heard that "cryptography in general is inherently slow"). Just trying to gauge and see how and where I can increase performance of my ...
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What is the difference between uniformly and at random in crypto definitions?

Very often in the description and analysis of a cryptographic protocol there is a need for a an element $k$ that is sampled uniformly AND at random. Is there a redundancy in the definition with ...
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request for data to test deterministic ecdsa signature algorithm for secp256k1

I’m implementing the RFC 6979 procedure to compute a message signature. I want to test my program on the secp256k1 elliptic curve. Note the “k” in secp256k1, i.e. the Koblitz curve. If you have the ...
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How to customize a standard encryption algorithm?

I want to modify and customize AES encryption algorithm and develop a variant of it. What factors should I consider so that it does not become weaker? What skill sets would be required to undertake ...
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Malleability of homomorphic encryption

El Gamal is a malleable homomorphic encryption system, so is Rabin. Are all homomorphic encryption systems malleable? Or are there any that are not malleable? Thanks!
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electronic voting system [migrated]

Was looking at cryptocurrency and how, as a non techy, to get involved when I began thinking about the security of it being developed to undermine the stranglehold bankers have on economy and the ...
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Starting an essay on cryptography, 1st year college [closed]

I'm starting an essay on cryptography for my computer science class. I don't really know where to start so I wonder if there are some pre-made stuff for beginners that are explaining what cryptology ...
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What would be the best plain text Cryptography method without the use of a computer? [closed]

What would be the best Cryptography method without the use of a computer? This could be a list of the current options available, that could be used without the use of a computer ...
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Verifiable random function basic example [closed]

I've decided to take a closer look at verifiable random functions. The concept is clear for me, but I'm looking for an easy-to-understand example for my presentation's original definition. So, in ...
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Polynomial division hardware implementation

I am beginning the implementation of the polynomial binary division algorithm now as I understood i will be checking the MSB bit if 1 to XOR and shift the sum if 0 i will only shift. What I am not ...
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What is a good way to program the finding the determinant of a 2x2 matrix? [migrated]

I have a good understanding of how to do the Hill cipher on paper but putting it into program form is somewhat of a problem. Finding the the determinant is the thing I'm having problem with. On ...
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RSA Protocol behind Yaksha Security System

So I'm reading over the Yaksha Security System and see it is based on the RSA cryptosystem and a centralized server, easy enough. What I'm slightly confused on is the math behind the related keys. It ...
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Security considerations on using key derivation to create one-time keys for block ciphers

I'm planning to do some block encryption with AES and Blowfish (both with 256 Bit keys) chained. Master key generation: A 32 byte long persistent (over many years) master key is derived from a ...
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Decrypting a long message with RSA [closed]

This is the question: ...
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Proving the semantic security of the One Time pad

Currently hearing a lecture on cryptography, and the professor gave us the definition of semantic security, which is roughly the following (formally not quite complete, but you get the idea): ...
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Statistical properties of hash functions when calculating modulo

When using SHA-1 to hash an input, the result is a pseudo-random number in the numeric ID space $\{0\dots2^{160}-1\}$. Do I loose any statistical property in the result if I use modulo to restrict the ...
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