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Has there been any research on entropy efficient information-theoretically secure PRNGs?

I have an idea for an research project, but I am first wondering if it has been researched or implemented before. I think I have a way to come up with a set of PRNG algorithms which have the ...
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Combining md5 collisions to create more collisions

Given X1 and X2 such that md5(X1) = md5(X2) and Y1 and Y2 such that md5(Y1) = md5(Y2), and knowing the following property of md5: if md5(a) = md5(b), md5(a|s) = md5(b|s) is there a way to find ...
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DES and using the S-Box 1

Can someone please check my work and correct me if I am wrong, I am just starting to learn about DES. I am trying to solve the following problem: Show that ...
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Encrypting a 160-bit plaintext into a 160 bit ciphertext with a 128-bit Block Cipher [closed]

So I have a kind of interesting issue. I have a field in my data store which must take exactly 160 bits of information. Some users will choose to make this data encrypted, some won't, so some of those ...
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how to get the file used to brute force any encryption method [closed]

Bitlocker as example uses AES 128 Bit encryption as default - if it was brute forced how it can be done , I mean where's the file that will be brute forced to generate the password (If I'm right that ...
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PKCS#11 Sessions

I am maintaining an application that uses PKCS#11 to talk to a smartcard. Somehow a session gets generated, but i cant figure out where in the code. I am using c# and the PKCS11Interop wrapper. The ...
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Is it possible to add error propagation to OTP?

What would be the recipe to add error propagation to a one time pad? I.e. if I change a single letter in the clear text message, I want the encrypted message to change starting from that letter and up ...
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Why does GnuPG save an array of remainders when generating prime numbers?

In looking at GPG's gen_prime() function, found within the cyphers/primegen.c file of ...
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What is the process to get the n future key for DUKPT? [closed]

I need to get the n future key from my BDK and KSN.
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Diffie-Hellman secret key choices

I'm trying to understand why the secret keys used by Alice and Bob in Diffie-Hellman are $a,b ∈ ℤ∗p$. Say $a$ is $p - 1$, wouldn't the transmitted $g^a$ be 1 mod $p$ by $FLT$? Now anytime a ...
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How to generate backup key for PBKD functions?

I would like to encrypt some files using AES, Ill derive key from password using some standard PBKD function and use that as AES encryption key. My question is, if user forgets the main password, ...
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Why is GCM only usable for ciphers with a 128-bit block size?

All block cipher modes of operation that I understand are generic schemes. They are not restricted by key size or block size. So why is GCM restricted to 128-bit block size?
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How to use AES correctly in BPS Format Preserving Encryption

I have several questions on using AES 128bit in the BPS format preserving encryption Which modes are acceptable? (Should the block cipher used at each round be deterministic (ECB) or probabilistic ...
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Which ECB ciphertext stealing scheme is this?

I am stuck with identifying ciphertext stealing method with the following properties: mode of operation is ECB; recommended padding scheme for this application is PKCS#7, but apparently it is not ...
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I read this post from Ben Tasker describing how to take control of a powerline network. Since I am interested in security, I tried to do the same thing, to see if it was possible. I used Devolo ...
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How can cryptographic signatures be somehow linked to a physical signature?

A few days ago, I was asked to sign an online document over DocuSign as well as on SignEasy, any the signature were accepted just by a physical signature sent over email or on the app. They did not ...
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Is it possbile to get same set of public and private keys twice while creating CSR ? If so where does the conflict happens !?

I'm new to cryptography and please clarify if my below assumption is wrong. Lets assume, that two different banks creating CSR and they get identical public and private key pairs of RSA. In such ...
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Is it safe to use single-block AES for mutual authentication?

I read the question Symmetric mutual authentication with client using a derived secret and its answer which, if I'm not mistaken, assert that it should be safe to use the proposed protocol for mutual ...
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How exactly is an enigma simulation software supposed to encrypt alphabets?

EDIT: The model I'm trying to make is "Enigma 1". I learned initially about it from a book called "Code Book" and then looked at it in detail from its wikipedia page. The rotor wiring and other ...
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Why is the tweak length 64bit in BPS FPE algorithm?

In the algorithm for BPS Format Preserving Encryption Is this tweak always the same length (64bit)? Why did they choose the length 64bit for the tweak?
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Paillier cryptosystem, small integers and range of values

First, this a different take on my previous question: Pailler encryption of small integers to 32-bit integers I have to encode small integers (range 0-50) using the Paillier cryptosystem. Those ...
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generate RSA public key having public modulus and exponent [closed]

i want to generate an RSA public public key file using openssl (or other tools) having public modulus and exponent, so i can use it later to encrypt files i have this: ...
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PKCS#7 message content

I am using a vendor library that signs a text producing a PKCS#7 message. I'm not sure of the content of this message. Does a pkcs#7 message have to contain the signed message, the certificate, the ...
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Is there a way to encrypt an integer within an arbitrary range?

I need an algorithm that can take an integer, an arbitrary range, a key of 16/24/32 bytes, and an initialization vector of 16 bytes(ideally), and return an integer in the same range. My latest attempt ...
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Need some understanding on RSA public key exponent

I am new in cryptography domain and try to build some understanding on RSA key pair generation. My doubt is on RSA public key exponent value . Can exponent be any value (prime or non prime numbers)? ...
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How can a Encrypt-And-MAC scheme be insecure if the encryption is CCA secure?

I was presented with this seemingly paradoxical information, and am hoping someone can explain what I'm missing here. I have an encrypt-and-mac scheme here.If I want to transmit message m to Bob, I'd ...
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What are the number of output bits of the internal function F used in BPS algorithm?

In the BPS specification document it says We denote by f the number of output bits of the internal function F What is this if the internal function is AES? Would it be the block size (e.g. 128)? ...
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TLS_PSK and perfect forward secrecy

My question is about how difficult is for someone having compromised the PSK and sniff all (DT)LS handshake, (so getting the NONCE), to get the encryption keys? I understand : getting the pre-master ...
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Do ECDH and ECDSA combined solution provide an authenticated protocol exchange solution in MCU environment?

I'm working on a project in MCU (micro controller) environment with GPRS connection to exchange data securely with the cloud. The encryption algorithm has been selected to use AES. I did some search ...
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Encryption Algorithms in Verilog code

Can we implement Encryption Algorithms like RC4,AES and DES in Verilog? if no what are the limitations?
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Secure “table-look-up” operation

I am thinking about this problem: The server has a two-column table $T=\{c_1,c_2\}$. A user has a query $q$ that is sent to server. The server find an item $x$ in the first column satisfying $x=q$ ...
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Define “cryptographer”

I often encounter the phrase "I am not a cryptographer". Is there a generally accepted definition for who is a cryptographer? What qualifications would be expected? For instance, should that person ...
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Is reverse NTRU still secure?

I'm currently prototyping something with the NTRU encryption scheme but I wish to use it in "reverse" -- distribute private keys so anyone can decrypt, but keep the public keys secret and thus only ...
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If I compute the SHA-1 of all possible 40 digits hexadecimal strings, will I get all possible sha1 hashes? [duplicate]

Wikipedia says sha1 produces a 160-bit (20-byte) hash value. So if I compute the SHA-1 of all possible SHA-1 values, which as far as I understand is at current time impossible both to calculate and ...
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research on Encryption for master [closed]

I'm tring to choose an way for an Encryption mothod for my research? So,I want to choose one-layer encryption or multilayer encryption,and I want it to be easy to applicable. when I search about it, ...
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Is this scheme to derive multiple keys secure?

I need a cryptographic scheme to generate a deterministic chain of private keys that look random to outside observer but can always be reconstructed from a single root key, also: Neither private ...