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Using a straight password for encryption and authentication

Assume we have a password like 3buNCh_7kaRmencrEst3. Now suppose we have two parties who know this password. We a have communication scheme that uses the password ...
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Why are the bit lengths of keys and digests equal in Lamport signatures?

In Lamport's one time signature scheme: One way function to convert a pseudo random number private key to a public key takes $\{0,1\}^n$ and returns $\{0,1\}^n$. Cryptographic hash function to ...
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Authentication by hardcoding public key in client software

It would seem to me that mobile applications could reduce network traffic by hardcoding the server's public key into the app. The idea being that they could then encipher a secret to share with the ...
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Is there any function that does not suffers birthday problem?

I am eager to know that if there is any function that does not suffer birthday problem and how to prove it formally that the function is not suffering the birthday problem.
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Is there a function that can be used to satisfy collision resistant property in MAC?

I am doing a project in cryptography where i need to satisfy collision resistant property in my MAC algorithm, is there any function that can be used in MAC that already satisfies collision resistance ...
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MAC is constructed by hashing and then encrypting

Suppose the MAC is constructed by hashing and then encrypting, that is $MAC(m, k2)=E_{k2}(H(m))$ where H is a public hash function. There can be several alternatives in how the transmitted message is ...
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I am reading BGV12 about BGV homomorphic scheme right now.But I am being stuck to understand Batching technique in this paper. In Pack function (page 32),this paper feeds ciphertext $c_i$ and sk ...
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Using Openssl Libarary to convert .key encoded to .pem [migrated]

So i created a c program that takes in an encrypted (encrypted.key) file and a public key to decrypt the private encrypted encrypted.key. However, my program only works when taking in two files that ...
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When to chose hardware accelerated crypto for Big Data

if you were to recommend a cipher/mode configuration that emphasizes performance for your customers, would you recommend a hardware based accelerated solution over one that isn't? For big data at ...
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What are applications of math in cryptology that can be explored by a high-school student? [on hold]

I was interested in knowing applications that would be comprehensible to a high school senior with a strong mathematical background
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Searchable Encryption with Substring Search

I want to search substrings in encrypted string. To do that I have read “Implement Rabin-Karp Algorithm” and “Substring-Searchable Symmetric Encryption”. After that, I completed the Rabin-Karp ...
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Doubling or half of the private key range [on hold]

bitcoin private key range n = 1 to FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFEBAAEDCE6AF48A03BBFD25E8CD0364140 and p = FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFEFFFFFC2F bitcoin public key x = ...
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Why only one secret value with Shamir's secret sharing? [duplicate]

Shamir's Secret Sharing works by sharing data points on a curve, whereby when you have the required number of data points, you can find the function of the curve and find out the secret, which is ...
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Testing the first 40 bit sequence for A5/1 if all registers initialized to 1

I have an assignment where my instructor asked to generate the first 40 bits for an A5/1 algorithm if all registers are initialized to '1' initially . I have implemented the algorithm successfully ...
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What are the time considerations with regard to security against birthday attack?

When designing security for a physical safe, one of the critical specifications is how long will the safe resist attack, this tells you how quickly you must detect and respond to an attack on the ...
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Does using a verifiable secret sharing scheme ensure robustness of a protocol if it is secure under the semi-honest adversarial model

Consider a protocol $\pi$ which uses a linear secret sharing scheme like that of Shamir secret sharing. Further assume that the protocol $\pi$ has been proven to be secure (correctness and privacy) ...
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RSA when n= 2360221 and encryption = 5 find decryption key d, when M =1234

when n= 2360221 and encryption = 5 find decryption key d,and Cipher text C when M =1234
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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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How to solve this public-key cryptography system? [on hold]

I need to solve this problem: someone know where I can find info for this? I have google'd around but can't find too much, those $N, I, J, C$ variables confuse me.
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Trying to understand textbook exercise question regrading RSA

I am preparing for the final exam in my Data Security class so I am trying to read and understand the textbook's exercise questions. Any hint would be great. Question (Exercise 9.14 of textbook): ...
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Synchronous Stream Cipher Problem

Hello I am facing a problem trying to solve this question in the picture. Does anyone know how to produce the mentioned 32-bits of the key stream? The plaintext in this case is ...
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Trying to udnerstand textbook sample solution

I am preparing for the final exam in my Data Security class so I am trying to read and understand the textbook's exercise questions. The sample solution at the end the textbook is more like a hint ...
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How to vary bit length of prime numbers in RSA by using MATLAB? [closed]

Please Can any one Tell me how to vary bit length of prime numbers of RSA cryptography algorithm in MATLAB.When i am considering more then 16 bit length of prime numbers Its not working. So can any ...
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Are collision-resistant hash functions even possible? [see description] [duplicate]

Surely there can be no real collision resistant Hash function since hash values are of finite size which means there are finitely many of them, but there are an infinite number of messages we could ...
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what is meaning of operator “ := ” in cryptography?

I've seen := used in several cryptography papers where the this symbol has been used instead of assignment operator ($\leftarrow$ ) or equal sign (=), but never with an accompanying explanation. ...
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signature, hashing schemes

I have 20 friends. we create message(s) (1...i) and tar them up with a file messages.hashes(1..i). We sign these tars with our ...
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SAM module in Payment transactions & cryptogram key storing

As you know because of low security factors,General MCU's are not appropriate choice for storing Transaction or cryptograms keys.Therefor embedded systems developers used SAM modules for secure ...
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Find SHA256(secret||data) using SHA256(secret) and data

I need to find the SHA256 hash of s string like this: "part1-part2". I know the SHA256(part1), length of part1 and I know part2, but I don't know what is the contents of part1. Is there any chance I ...
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About ORAM initalization and running out of space

I have two questions about ORAM Since at the beginning,the server allocates unused storage for ORAM cient,there are no user's data in the storage.if now client access the storage the server will ...
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Key management and derivation - Allow changing of the passphrase

I'm working on a program, which allows encrypting files before storing it on a cloud service. Currently I'm trying to figure out how to derive and store the keys. First, I wanted to use a simple ...
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What implementation properties of a hash function prevent safe truncation? [duplicate]

Truncating a hash function's output should, in theory, not increase the likelihood of a collision more than you would expect based on the truncated output size. This makes sense when thinking about ...
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SHA256(RsaPrivateKey) == AES key?

I have an RSA private key (more specifically, an SSH key in Putty format, 4096bit) and want to use its SHA256 hash as an AES256 key, instead of using an independent newly generated AES key. Are ...
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What is transaction capacity of a POS using 3DES DUKPT?

I am looking for the transaction capacity of a Point-Of-Sale device using 3DES DUKPT. Once all keys derived from the future key set are exhausted (1M or 500K?), how will the POS be reloaded with a new ...
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Why hash function are used in digital signatures? [duplicate]

In the lectures I see, hash functions are always used when we want to sign a document $d$. My question is why they are used in digital signatures? Maybe, because it is more easy and fast to calculate ...
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Encrypt file using pycrypto RSA from python [closed]

Basically I am writing a program that needs to have basic encryption for storing some program parameters in a config file. The program is run under linux debian. Since sudoers can modify the config ...
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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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Benchmarks for second round CAESAR competitors

I'm interested in how the second round CAESAR competitors stack up in terms of software performance against each other and against chacha20-poly1305 with both small and large messages. Sadly the only ...
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Attacks on schemes based on elliptic curves when the transmitted points are not on the curve

Some elliptic curve schemes require to send a curve point during the normal execution of the protocol. For example, ElGamal encryption and ElGamal signature require this. On the other hand, ECDSA does ...
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Creating an SPN cipher from ChaCha20 or Salsa20's double round function

Given that ChaCha20's building blocks have been also used to construct a hash function, can the double round function from either ChaCha20 or Salsa20 be used to construct a secure SP-network cipher? ...
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Squaring and multiply function in encryption algorithm [closed]

Could any one explain the square and multiply function in AES, Elgamal or RSA algorithm.
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Some confusions about Repeated Doubling Algorithm?

The following repeated point doubling algorithm is taken from the book Guide to Elliptic Curve Cryptography by D. Hankerson, A. Menezes, and S. Vanstone on page#93. Clearly, this algorithm is ...
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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 secure is this logarithmic encryption algorithm?

How secure would the following logarithmic encryption algorithm be when tested under the same conditions as high end encryption algorithms (AES, RSA etc...). Note: For smaller text the text will be ...
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How to prove that an integer is hard to factorize when sampled from a known distribution

Suppose that an $n$-bit integer $c$ has been randomly drawn from a distribution $\chi$, whose description is known. Is there a general method to check if this particular sampling helps factorize $n$? ...
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On the security definition of password-authenticated key exchange

I found in all PAKE papers, the security is defined as something like this: Let $Succ(A)$ be the probability that an attacker $A$ successfully distinguished the session key from a random string. Then ...
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Crypto lib that use files instead of passphrase

I would like to program an application to allow people to encrypt files without using a password or pass-phrase but an arbitrary long file. I'm searching for a library that allows me to safely create ...
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what is the difference between proofs and arguments of knowledge?

What is the difference between proofs and arguments of knowledge in the context of zero-knowledge? I have read this sentence in this ePrint: It is useful to distinguish between zero-knowledge ...
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Are there any methods or tools out there that let us use what we know about the data in order to crack the encryption? For example let's say I get access to an encrypted database file but I know ...