# All Questions

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### Pseudorandom Functions with different input and output lengths

I am working on a problem found in my Cryptography textbook that goes as follows: Let F be a pseudorandom function such that for $k \in \{0,1\}^n$, function $F_k$ maps $l_{in}(n)$-inputs to ...
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### How does Intel TXT prevent spoofing of PCR values?

I have read some content on trusted execution environment, and I like to ask exactly how it improves hashing. What I read at Wikipedia’s “Trusted Execution Technology” article states: ...PCRs) ...
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### How can I multiply an additively homomorphic encrypted value by a float number?

As we all know, if $E()$ is an additively homomorphic encryption, we can multiply $E(a)$ by an integer $b$, then we will get $E(ab)$. But what if $a$ is a float number? Can we still get $E(ab)$? Which ...
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### How to prove that a commitment hides the decryption of an ElGamal ciphertext?

I've decided to remove a previous unanswered question of mine and break it down into smaller pieces so it's not such a loaded question. For this question I need to prove that I've committed to a ...
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### Hiding the identity of a party within the Kerberos authentication scheme

In the Kerberos authentication protocol, as described here: would it be safer to replace step (1) with: $$A \rightarrow T : A, E_{K_A{_{T}}}(B, N_A)$$ so that a passive adversary does not know ...
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### can pairings only be used with elliptic curves?

As far as I understand one big advantage of ECC is that we can use pairings on the group of torsion points of the curve. I was wondering if it is possible to construct pairings from general finite ...