# All Questions

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### openssl logs showing keyblock length of only 88 bytes instead of 136 bytes

I was decrypting TLS encrypted data from wireshark using the openssl(TLS1.0 version) TLS logs which provides the complete key block which of size 136 bytes.Now i moved to TLS(1.2 version) in that Key ...
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### Are ePassports still vulnerable?

Jeroen van der Beek presented a flaw in the ePassports in 2008. What is the state of this flaw still in 2013? ...
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### Rating a steganographic system using Blum Blum Shub to locate hidden bits

Currently I'm building a toy steganography system based in a web browser. Besides all the obvious issues with building a system requiring extreme privacy into a browser (this is a toy!), I was curious ...
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### Non-malleable file encryption using AES XTS 256?

I'm looking to do file encryption of a bunch of individual files, some small, some quite large. The files will be write-once/read-many, so I could use CBC, however, since the read-access needs to ...
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### How is key rotation defined?

I'm aware that it's advisable to rotate cryptographic keys periodically. HKDF accepts high-entropy input (IKM - Input Key Material), and expands it to an arbitrary length. It also accepts a salt, ...
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### Security of stream cipher based on Matrix multiplication GF(256) with randomized padding

The actual question is stated at the end of the text. Suppose you have a (grossly inefficient) confidentiality stream cipher with the following components: The keyed function ...
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### Is anyone aware of Du atallah multiplicative secret sharing scheme for dot products for > 2 party scenario?

I am working on Du Atallah's multiplicative secret sharing scheme for more than 2 party scenario. Is anyone aware of its multiparty version (more than 2 parties). The paper for 2 party can be found ...
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### Which commitment scheme is better for malicious models

Can some one suggest which scheme is better for malicious models in terms of efficiency and security? A Pedersen's VSS based scheme or the one based on Fiat-Feige-Shamir digital signatures ?
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### SSL-like protocol with public-key hard-coded in the client

Imagine a SSL-like protocol that instead of using certificates signed by a trusted CA, has the server's public key hard-coded in the client. My question is: what happens if the server's private key is ...
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### New modulus or new key pair?

I have this assignment question that I'm not sure how to answer. Any insight would be helpful. In the RSA public-key encryption scheme, each user has a public key, e, and a private key, d. Suppose ...
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### How to know private key is computed from specific partial private key?

In a certificate-less cryptography, I have learned that – to resolve the key escrow problem of IBE – the concept of a partial private key is used. Now, consider the following Scenario: After ...
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### Hybrid encryption RSA with AES?

I made a hybrid algorithm using the elliptic curve theory. I want to compare my algorithm with another standard algorithm. I was thinking about using RSA with AES, where the AES key is used to encrypt ...
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### Locally Dedcodable Codes and Private Information Retrieval

Does anyone know about Locally Decodable Codes (LDCs)? It seems the private information retrieval schemes that based on LDCs are computationally efficent (answer a query without processing the whole ...
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### Is Chaocipher a secure cipher under ciphertext-only attack?

Chaocipher was invented by John F. Byrne in 1919. The algorithm was recently revealed -- see Moshe Rubin's Chaocipher Revealed, the Algorithm While a known plaintext attack successfully finds the ...