# All Questions

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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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### Encryption algorithms and the “One-Time pad” [duplicate]

I am not well versed in the field but I believe I know the basics. All encryption algorithms that I know of utilize direct data manipulation to encrypt a message (string of bits) such as shifting, ...
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### My encryption message system & question about security

I made this small tool for make & read easily an encrypted message without nothing to install, just a simple private key like a word or a couple of words to share. (Without say it directly of ...
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### Paillier Crypto System : Pros and Cons? [closed]

Can you please list the pros and cons of the Paillier crypto system you have encountered or found?
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On page 11, definition 2 of "Simultaneous Hardcore Bits and Cryptography Against Memory Attacks", the paper outlines the following steps (PK,SK) public key and secret key are generated by defender ...
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### Create a field in PBC

Edited (I removed the emphasize on Integers): My question is partly cryptography and partly programming, I would appreciate any help on any aspect of it :) I want to use PBC library to do the ...
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### What are the security effects of reusing a public RSA key to encrypt large data by blocks? [duplicate]

I'm trying to figure out a way to do public key encryption on a very large piece of data. For this, I of course want one side to do the encrypting but is unable to decrypt the data, and the other ...
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### Different patterns of different paterns, wildcard [closed]

I'm not realy experienced with programming and such but I am wondering if the following could be implemented in, lets say, python we have the following ciphertext sequence ...
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### Best hash size for hash trees

I want to know if having a 8-byte hash value is better than 16-byte hash value for use within hash trees. My mind tells me that the shorter the hash value, the better. But doesn't a smaller hash ...
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### How is SSL secure from rogue Certificate Authorities?

There's one thing that I've never quite understood about SSL (which perhaps means I don't understand SSL at all): how is SSL secure from rogue Certificate Authorities? This is probably best ...
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### Which areas in CS will be (or have been) most affected by fully homomorphic cryptography?

I'm in the middle of planning a 5000ish word essay on fully homomorphic cryptography, the current practical implementations and their limitations. Which areas of CS as a subject have been (or will ...
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We're building a data service that is expected to go out through a single "fat pipe" channel. The design requirement says that the data in the channel must be protected by authentication and ...
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### RSA - Ecrypting the same data with the same public key = same ciphertext?

If an adversary knows my public key and guesses what was my plaintext, can he test for it somehow? The most obvious way is encrypting the guessed plaintext with my public key and the same parameters ...
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### PBKDF2 when dkLen and hLen have the same size

I was reading RFC 2898 and something is not clear to me. When I use PBKDF2 with SHA-256 and I want a derived key with length 32 bytes (the same length as my hash function output), your derived key ...
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### GPG vs PGP vs OpenSSH and management of them

What is the main difference of the three? Can I use only one of them for everything (e.g. GPG for SSH authentication) If I encrypt my private key with a pass-phrase, is it strong enough so that if ...
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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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### 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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### How can I convert numbers into prime numbers?

I'm working with one-way accumulators, but I'm not knowledgable in cryptography. Is there an easy peasy way to hash numbers (or whatever) into prime numbers? Obviously I'd like it to be collision ...
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I am creating a database to store our client's information at work (a heritage center specializing in DNA based genealogy. Once the results of a test come back we have people that use the information ...
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### Could program verification techniques prevent bugs of the genre of Heartbleed from occurring? [migrated]

On the matter of the Heartbleed bug, Bruce Schneier wrote in his Crypto-Gram of 15th April: '"Catastrophic" is the right word. On the scale of 1 to 10, this is an 11.' I read several years ago that a ...
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### Certificate Revocation List [migrated]

There are many fields on a certificate revocation list (CRL) like Algorithm, Parameters, Issuer Name, This update date, Next update date, user certificate serial #, etc. While I understand the purpose ...
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### How to understand authenticator working process [on hold]

Now days authenticator are used widely, however as a beginner to cryptography, I'm confused on the mechanism of key refresh. How it works ? Is that related to DH-key-exchange or the server will change ...
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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 ...