# All Questions

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### Triple DES with 2 keys

Suppose triple DES is performed by choosing two keys $K_1$ and $K_2$ and computing $C = T (T (T (L, K_1), K_2), K_2)$. How to attack this modified version with a meet-in-the-middle attack, in which ...
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### Is it safe to use fast/small hash for key identity?

I have to roll database access keys often, but it's important to know which key each system is using in order to avoid unavailability. I want the systems to report that without exposing the key ...
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### Multilinear Pairing in Cryptography

I want to create 2 Bilinear Pairing $e_1$,$e_2$ such that $$e_1:G_0 \times G_0 \rightarrow G_1$$ $$e_2:G_1 \times G_1 \rightarrow G_T$$ and use this to encrypt a message $M$ in the form M ...
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### Is it safe to encrypt data using XOR along with CSPRNG seeded with a truly random number?

I was wondering a couple of days ago whether I could reverse the normal encryption order to produce a good AES based cipher variant. The method is as follows: Two users, Alice and Bob, each have a ...
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### Create composite group for pairing in JPBC

We use bilinear map $S = (G, G_T , e(\cdot, \cdot))$ of composite order $n = s \times n'$ with two subgroups $G_s$ and $G_n'$ of $G$. Random generators $w \in G$, $g \in G_s$, and $φ \in G_n'$ are ...
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### Strength of $H(k\|H(m))$ as a MAC algorithm

What is the strength of $H(k \| H(m))$ compared to HMAC? Compared to $H(m \| k)$? What is the strength in bits of a given key/output size?
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### Can anyone tell whether combinational has higher frequency of operation than sequential or vice-versa?

I have designed SHA3 algorithm in 2 ways - combinational and sequential. The sequential design is giving frequency of operation as 700MHz while the combinational one is giving 0.5MHz so i want to ask ...
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### How much does using the same $H$ for all messages weaken GCM?

How much is GCM weakened by using the same MAC key $H = E_K(0^*)$ for all messages that use the same key (which is what GCM actually does) instead of using $E_K(N||0_{32})$ (which is different for ...
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### Examples of modern, widely used ciphers that suddenly fell?

RC4 and GOST are two major ciphers (defined as being widely used to encrypt large amounts of data) that fell to cryptanalysis (relatively) suddenly. The first becoming totally broken and the second ...
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### How distinct are the meanings of the terms “CSPRNG,” “DRBG” and “stream cipher”?

Are there universal, consensus definitions for the following terms? Cryptographically secure pseudo-random number generator ("CSPRNG") Deterministic random bit generator ("DRBG") Stream cipher ...
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### Is double AES-CBC encryption with the same key and IV unsafe?

If some plaintext encrypted twice with the same AES function (CBC-mode), same IV and same key, is it possible to retrieve either the key or the plaintext?
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### Why do we use hex output for hash functions?

Why do we use hex representation as default for the output of a hash functions result? For example the sha256 hash function: the output of sha256 in hex representation uses 64 characters, while ...
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### 1-out-of-2 OT from Random 1-out-of-2 OT

Last week I came upon this problem in my h.w.: Let $OT^m$ denote 1-out-of-2 oblivious transfer of $m$ bit inputs. Let $RandOT^m$ denote the following primitive: The sender’s input ...
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### Homomorphic multiplication by a scalar

Few homomorphic encryption schemes like Paillier , Ring-LWE support homomorphic multiplication operation by a scalar apart from additive homomorphic property. Loosely they could be defined as below ...
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The CAESAR candidate Deoxys is based on a tweakable block cipher that seems to be a strict improvement over AES, in that it is a tweakable cipher resistant to related-key attack. The mode proposed ...
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### Where is the mistake in my RSA by-hand calculation?

Like several previous askers, I seem to have made a mistake in my RSA calculation, but despite going back over it three times, I cannot spot it. I picked 1000003 and 6000011 as my primes, ...
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### Why is DSA falling out of favor?

Windows abandoned DSA rather than extend it to support > 1024 bits; but otherwise I cannot find a reason why DSA would be less desirable. I see in SSH the disabling it by default with a completely ...
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### Cryptographic key with editing safeguard [closed]

I need to encrypt a number in a file, say 142345. It encrypts to EfsFjs or something else. I need a method that safeguards ...
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### Is AES-256 bit encryption secure against this kind of attack? [duplicate]

Recently I came across this article. http://www.cs.tau.ac.il/~tromer/acoustic/ Could this put all computers at risk for decryption?
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### Can I get successful signature verification with just altering message and signature?

Assuming I can modify a message and also modify the verification signature, and I also have the public-key but not the private-key. Can I create a message that can be verified with a signature that I ...
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### Determining an encryption key when ciphertext and algorithm are known

I would like to know how I can tell that I have successfully performed an exhaustive search attack on an encrypted message. Here are the conditions: key is 40 bit I am aware of the cipher text and ...