# All Questions

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### DSA generate signature and verify

I'm trying to generate a signature for DSA with the following parameters: $p = 23$ , $q = 11$ , $g = 3$ , $H(m) = 8$ , $x = 5$ for the life of me, I cannot choose a random $k$ ($0 > k > q$) ...
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### Is there way to combine secrets first and later split them?

Shamir's Secret Sharing allows a secret to be split into multiple shares so that it can be reconstructed later. Is there a way to do the reverse? Can we combine a few secrets first and later split ...
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### Is AES a linear hash?

So, having read a variety of documentations on AES encryption, I came to the unknowledgeable conclusion that the key schedule applied to the array of chunks, and not just the 14 cycles on a single ...
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### Key space: Dense and sparse

I'm taking a cryptography class and I come across these terms dense and sparse key space allt he time. What do they mean? As far as I can I understand, dense key space means that there are more ...
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### RSA Certificate Owner and Issuer line meanings?

Apologies if this question is not in the right place. I've recently been looking through some RSA certificates ( specifically, Android apk .rsa files) and I'm having trouble deciphering the one and ...
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### Could use an explanation of the notation for an oracle adversary

In the definition below, what exactly does it mean for the adversary (not even sure that's the correct term?) to equal one? $$\underset{K}{Pr} \left [A^{F_k(\cdot)} = 1 \right ]$$ Source (Page ...
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### What are unified addition and differential addition in elliptic curve point arithmetic?

A lot of papers use these terms but I do not find a proper explanation of them. Can somebody tell the meaning / difference / intuition / application and if possible with an example.
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### Obtaining a key that's using ice algorithm

I have a text file that has been processed by the SNOW steganography tool that uses ICE encryption. However, I do not know the key that would enable me to decrypt and retrieve the message hidden. ...
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### What are some different cryptography methods?

Some of the most effective cryptography methods and algorithms are based of factoring large prime numbers (e.g. RSA). I'm curious whether there are some other cryptography methods. Somethings that is ...
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### Trapdoor implementation

Please refer to this secure index paper. On page#6, a trapdoor is defined as ...
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### AES-GCM and its IV/nonce value

I was reading about the differences between the GCM and the CBC more here and I have a follow up doubt on the same. In the CBC mode the person who performs the encryption is the one who provides the ...
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### Why the following attack in common modulus RSA works?

Suppose that i share a common modulus $N$ with two users $u_1$ and $u_2$ with public, secret keys ($e_a,d_a$), ($e_b,d_b$). Why then $gcd(V,e_b)=1$ where $V=d_a*e_a-1/$W and $W=gcd(e_b,d_a*e_a-1)$ ...
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### tower of extension field

while working on tate pairing, i have to implement towering technique. like i have point p on F(q) and point Q(F(q^k)) (here embedding degree k=12 for BN curve). instead of taking a point Q on ...
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### AES Secure key generation and storage

I have a client-server application, which is transferring data between its components in a secure way. I currently use AES algorithm with CBC mode to transfer data and file. This is the scenario: ...
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### Bent Combining Functions

Bent functions are boolean functions with maximum nonlinearity and are widely studied for their potential applications in cryptography. Lets say you wanted to use a simple two input AND gate as a ...
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### What is a trapdoor permutation?

Can anyone explain to me what a trapdoor one-way permutation is? Is RSA a trapdoor one-way permutation? Context: I was reading about ring signatures. On page 560, it describes steps to ...
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### Montgomery Exponentiation - selecting input value R for a given BigInteger

I have Montgomery exponentiation working, but it's working quite slow. I suspect there are two reasons for this - I implemented it bit size instead of word size (I didn't realize at the time that ...
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### Is it possible to crack a blowfish 256 bits encrypted file?

I have a file of my own that i have encrypted using Coder-Abi. Now i can just remember part of this password. So, would it be possible (much easier) for me to crack it knowing only part of it? I can ...