# All Questions

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### When using LUKS, which parts of the hard disk are not encrypted? [migrated]

Due to stories like the following: https://hackerone.com/news/pink-panther (forced at airport customs to decrypt laptop) being more and more frequent, I thought of the following. What if you simply ...
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### Sophie Germain primes and safe primes

I am trying to find a list or table of safe prime numbers i.e. the ones that are based on the Sophie Germain primes i.e. $N = 2p + 1$ where $p$ is also prime. All I found till now is this database. ...
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### Loss of data due to encryption

Could any kind of encryption method (AES, etc.) lead to data loss like in lossy compression? I'm interested if data (lossy compressed, lossless compressed, uncompressed) that is encrypted and ...
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### Interested in learning cryptography [duplicate]

I'm interested in learning cryptography outside the university(studying civil engineering). I was always interested in computer sciences and programing and in mathematics. I always try to program ...
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### Share encrypted files without giving master key

Imagine I have four files I want to encrypt. I have master key, and from that master key I derive four keys, one for each file: ...
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### Encryption for a short packet size

I have an 8051 microcontroller with a radio that can send packets with up to 32 bytes and I want to have the messages encrypted. It is a sensor network so I really only want to send one packet per ...
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### Difference between statistical PRNG and cryptographic PRNG?

What's the difference between a statistical pseudorandom number generator (PRNG) and a cryptographic-strength PRNG? I've seen a lot of PRNGs that are proposed for statistical uses -- e.g., ...
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### NTRU key generation

I've been experimenting with an NTRU open-source C implementation here I've noticed something (potentionally) strange with a certain set of params: NTRU_EES1087EP2 (defined here). When generating ...
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### How many bits of entropy would I get from 300 coin tosses? [closed]

Bonus question, what is the formula to calculate this?
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### What is the keyspace of ROT-13?

Today I was having a discussion with my cryptography lecturer about the keyspace of a ROT-13 cipher. He argues that the keyspace is 0 because it doesn't have a key. Could anyone explain to me why the ...
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### Is adaptive security the same as full security?

This question contains a great answer about adaptive security, but I haven't yet found a proper definition what full security is. Does a stronger security than adaptive security exist or are the two ...
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### Why is the private key generated first in public key crypto?

I'm still new to public key crypto. I'm trying to understand how it is that the private key is generated first in public key crypto? I would have expected the private and public key to be generated at ...
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### How to roll my own hardware RNG?

I am considering building a hardware RNG myself using cheap parts. Is this a good idea and safe enough? Random sources: amplified Zener noise from one randomly chosen ...
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### Analyzing security flaws of cipher

I know using homebrew encryption can be very dangerous as it is very likely to have many flaws in its design. The following concept is just for learning purpose in case anybody is getting red flags ...
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### Is my method symmetric encryption?

To obfuscate data I made up this method on the spot without planning since the goal wasn't real encryption. At first I though this cannot be real encryption but after revisiting the code and reading ...
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### Performance bottlenecks in Paillier encryption

I'm implementing Paillier encryption and I'd like some recommendations about improving its performance. Firstly, I have to note the following: I have already set g=1+n to get rid of one ...
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### Transforming a key into a seed with the most entropy

I'm making a very simple encrypter in C# which is basically a Stream cipher. The user enters a key(password), converted to a seed for a pseudo-random generator, and the pseudo-random generator ...
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### How to calculate AES logarithm table?

I would like to know how to find multiplicative inverses in $\mathrm{GF}(2^8)$. I know how to multiply two elements of $\mathrm{GF}(2^8)$ (for example, I know that ...
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### Is a Combined Linear Congruential Generator secure for cryptography? [closed]

I learnt that a Combined Linear Congruential Generator (cLCG) has better properties than a Linear Congruential Generator (LCG). For those who don't know what a cLCG is, here are three links that might ...
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### What is a good way to demonstrate elliptic curve cryptography?

For school (high school) I am writing an essay on elliptic curve cryptography. The assignment needs to include a practical part, so I decided to write a Python class for elliptic curves. This class is ...
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### How does ECDH arrive on a shared secret?

I read a brilliant, three part article on Elliptic Curve cryptography (one, two, three). It was able to explain Elliptic Curves to me in a way that didn't require a math degree to understand. The ...
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### Why are there no MACs inspired by block cipher modes other than CBC and CFB?

I've been studying message authentication codes and I was wondering why a MAC can only be produced with AES in CBC and CFB mode and why not the other modes such as ECB, OFB and counter. Why are CBC ...
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### How are calculated numbers in AES S-box?

My question is how to calculate the 0x02 value of AES S-Box? I followed this explanation, but my answer is not correct. 0x02 is ...
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### RSA - Why should we sign hash rather than raw content? [duplicate]

Apart from obvious performance considerations, is there any mathematical or crypto reasons that imply that we sign a hash rather than a raw content ? I read that it was because the hash must fit in ...
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### C# implementation of curve25519 to ed25519 conversions [closed]

WRT the selected answer here: Can curve25519 keys be used with ed25519 keys? Is there any c# implementation of this or equivalent? Thanks.
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### Relations between RSA and DLOG, factoring and DLOG

Definition: (The generalized Diffie-Hellman problem) Let $n=pq$ for two large primes $p,q$. Given $x, x^a, x^b,n$, find $x^{ab}\pmod{n}$. (1) Is there a known reduction from the GDH problem ...
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### Is it possible to decrypt this message with partially known data? [closed]

The following highlighted text must contains "547a5e0e008be33730158d63ce844e67" data. I don't know about encryption method and key. Is it possible to decrypt it? Or just give me some idea about ...
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### can anyone give the java code to encrypt files using paillier [closed]

I want to implement encryption on personal files using paillier encryption. Is it possible to encrypt files using this encryption..
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### emulating progressive encryption with RC4 / OpenSSL

PHP's OpenSSL bindings do not support progressive encryption by default. ie. if you do ...
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### What is the SSL private key file format?

I was researching about how to encrypt with RSA. I understood everything but not the format of the private keys. In the phpseclib (RSA in PHP), you can import your private key (private.key format) ...
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### Discrete logarithm modulo a smooth number

I am solving the discrete logarithm problem modulo $N$. $N$ is a composite number, I found its factors — lots of small primes and two big primes ($> 2^{50}$). Does the factorization of $N$ somehow ...
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### PKCS12 - private key protection [migrated]

I know that PKCS12 private key is protected by a password, but what is actually done with the password ? Does it use PBKDF to derive the key from password ? That would be a problem as if you change ...