# All Questions

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### Is there a problem with this non-ECDSA message signing?

Is there a problem with signing a message like this? ...
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### Using plain Diffe-Hellman for server authentication with known public key

Other considerations aside, is it possible to use DH with an established public key (together with fixed g, p, q) to safely authenticate a server instead of using some signing algorithm? In other ...
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### Is the SILC protocol still used?

I'm looking into implementing a private SILC server for friends (and possibly their friends). And after visiting the Wikipedia entry for SILC protocol, it seems all the official pages linked at the ...
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### Why restrict nonce/IV and counter to specific sizes?

When setting up a nonce/IV and counter (e.g. for AES-GCM-128), why are the nonce/IV and counter restricted to specific sections (e.g. random nonce/IV in first 8 bytes and counter in last 8 bytes)? ...
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### Definition of Textbook RSA

What is the definition of Textbook RSA? What are some of the properties of textbook RSA? How does it differ from other RSAs?
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### How to find generator $g$ in a cyclic group?

As generator $g$ is use in DH how to find combination of prime $p$ and $g$? eg: if we choose $p=23$ its generator is $7$ (given in book) how to find it?
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### Are there any bi-bidirectionally indistinguishable Asymmetric Encryption Algorithms

I have been using Asymmetric Encryption for a while, and I have come across an interesting concept, and it would be cool if it could be done. Are there any Asymmetric Encryption Algorithms where the ...
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### Is it possible to insert a key derivation function when using EAX?

I am currently investigating use of EAX mode for a dedicated application and following useful clarifications received from my previous post , to consider according to my applicable input security ...
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### Are there Cryptography certifications variants of CISSP?

Are there Cryptography certifications variants of CISSP ( Certified Information Systems Security Professional)? Like a CISSP exams, but only for cryptography?
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### ECDH VS. DH benchmarking in JAVA

So basically my problem is the odd result i get when measuring the time it takes to generate a ECDH key in java vs. the time it takes to generate a DH key. I compare the time it takes to generate: ...
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### Real world use cases of Multi Party Computation

Most of the research papers give imaginary applications of multi party computation. Either they talk about millionare's problem or two or more corporates willing to compute some Intrustion detection ...
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### What kind of adversary is a compromised party?

Imagine multiple parties executing a secure multiparty computation protocol to evaluate a function securely. Let Alice be one of the parties who is intended to get all the partial results and combine ...
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### Resources for basics of lattice crypto [closed]

I'm looking to fill in the gaps of my knowledge of lattices. Can anyone point me towards papers or books that introduce lattice crypto assuming a fairly solid math background? Mods: Feel free to ...
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### can permutation matrix be found in parallel processing technique?

Let us say there exists a permutation matrix $n \times n$ for some large $n$. Then, there are $n!$ possible permutations. If one to use brute-force to find the secret permutation among $n!$ ...
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### What's the fundamental difference between Diffie-Hellman and RSA?

What is the difference in the purpose of DH and RSA? Aren't they both public-key encryption?
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### Questions about the ideal cipher model

I've read that we can study the security of modes of operation by assuming the use of an ideal block cipher. I've also seen a paper suggesting that the ideal cipher model could be something else than ...
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### How much stronger is RSA-2048 compared to RSA-1024?

How much stronger is RSA-2048 compared to RSA-1024? It is hard to imagine very big numbers. So what would be your way to explain the difference to someone who doesn't know much about cryptography?
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### Why is “mod(n)” so central to most aspects of cryptography?

When I first started learning cryptography, I had my first a-ha moment when I fully appreciated the value of a One Time Pad and XOR and all the functions that attempt to emulate that OTP's randomness ...
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### Designing a protocol to record attendance to lectures

Scenario: a class that is not mandatory. The teacher wants a protocol that will satisfy the following requirements: It must record each student's attendance. A student X should not be able to say ...
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For a stream of packets, where each packet is individually encrypted with a block cipher, it's desirable to have each encrypted packet only valid for that position in the stream. A message number ...
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### Signing an integer, which may be increased

I have a 64 bit integer. It has some sort of signature so that one can be sure it is valid. Anyone may increase the integer, update the signature, and remove all trace of the old signature. But it is ...
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### ECDSA Compressed public key point back to uncompressed public key point

From the ECDH demo here http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~tjw/jsbn/ecdh.html If I generate a private key for alice I can get ...
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### Is Triple-DES a group?

I know for a fact that DES is not a group, but are any of the Triple-Des versions a group? Why, or why not?