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Symmetric mutual authentication with client using a derived secret

I'm attempting to find a client/server authentication protocol that allows the client and server to authenticate each other when the client doesn't know the server secret but does have a sensitive key ...
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Which characters to take into account when calculating unicity distance?

I need to calculate the unicity distance of a block cipher. Assuming I know that the plaintext is an English message I considered using 53 as the size of the alphabet, since the message could contain ...
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Explanation of each of the parameters used in ECC

I'm having a very difficult time finding a clear explanation of the parameters used elliptic curve cryptography. I know for certain that $p$ is the number or order or whatever of the given field that ...
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Java RSA Padding: no libraries used

I'm trying to implement RSA without using any java libraries using the algorithm from wikipedia HERE So, anyone can clearly see that it is a raw RSA, and can directly be attacked. The question is ...
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Is Pseudo-Random Generator (PRG) in OpenSSL uniformly distributed?

I need to know can we use PRG of OpenSSL as a PRF?
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Text in random image encoder: is it flawed?

I have created a small cryptographic programme: You input your text A random image is generated Random coordinate pairs in number equal to the chars of the message are generated. The red component ...
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Strategies for securing public key storage on software

I´m kind of new in this so I apologize in advance for any noob mistakes (feel free to point it out) We are developing a licensing mechanism on our software, and I would like some advice. The ...
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Generic name for (?hash) functions of form $\{0,1\}^n \rightarrow \{0,1\}^{poly(n)}$

Consider a function $$f: \{0,1\}^n \rightarrow \{0,1\}^{poly(n)}$$ with the following properties: hard to invert, i.e. given $f(x)$, hard to find $x$ hard to find a collision, i.e given $f(x)$, ...
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Deriving a decryption equation

Consider a very simple symmetric block encryption algorithm, in which 32-bits blocks of plaintext are encrypted using a 64-bit key. Encryption is defined as C = (P⊕KL)⊗KR where C = ciphertext; K = ...
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FIPS-Compliant SHA2

I want to use SHA-512 for hashing in a system that must be FIPS-compliant. When I look at the FIPS 140 list of approved providers, I don't see SHA from any provider as being an approved algorithm, I ...
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Diffie-Hellman Application

Alice and Bob want to perform a Diffie-Hellman key exchange using the group $G$, a primitive root $g$, Alice’s secret key $k_A$ and Bob’s secret key $k_B$. In each case below compute the element of $G$...
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Is the idea of a known plaintext attack really that new?

As you can probably guess, I just watched The Imitation Game, which hasn't really gotten points for historical accuracy... During World War II, Turing and his team fret that they can't know the ...
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Prime modulus for RSA and sharing a secret?

According to this paper entitled "Using Commutative Encryption to Share a Secret" they define their modulus to be a large prime p, which is public. Both exponents are private in this case. According ...
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Self changeable key [closed]

If key changes itself when it send/receive message what would be could breaking method? So: $E: m×k$ in which $k$ is last generated key $D: c×k$ in which $k$ is last generated key $k{_n} = k_{n-1}×m$...
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Why does NaCL have different keys for signing and encryption?

I want to start using NaCL to sign messages that will go into a message queue, and I noticed that it generates different keys for each operation. Is there a reason for this? Can I not use the same PK ...
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Key establishment protocols other than Diffie-Hellman

Are there any key agreement/exchange/establishment protocols which are NOT based around the Diffie-Hellman protocol or handshakes using public key cryptograaphy? DH seems to form the basis of this ...
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Save the last cycle in GCM GHASH calculation

I need to implement GCM GHASH in hardware, using FPGA. The data bus is 640 bits, so I will use 5 adder/multiplier blocks in parallel. The message size is fixed and AAD is 0. A little example: ...
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Identity-Based Encryption consist of four algorithms. Extract phase is one of them and it is done by PKG or receiver?

The Identity-Based Encryption consist of four randomized algorithms: Setup, Extract, Encrypt, Decryption. The Setup phase is done by Private-key generator, Encrypt by sender and Decryption by receiver....
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CBC-MAC: is it secure to authenticate a fixed length ciphertext?

Suppose I have a fixed-length arbitrary ciphertext. To authenticate such ciphertext: I generate a random AES Key $K_{auth}$. Then I compute the CBC-MAC Tag of the ciphertext with $K_{auth}$. ...
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Are Barreto-Naehrig Curves suitable for pairing-based cryptography?

If Barreto-Naehrig Curves are suitable for pairing-based cryptography, can I use the library available at Optimal ATE Pairing?
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Simplified Example of ECC to use in the classroom

I have come up with the following rudimentary example of how ECC relates to asymmetric keys. Is this a valid explanation of ECC and its relationship to asymmetry? To only be deciphered by the person ...
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Finding $x$'s parity in the discrete log problem

Suppose $p$ is prime, and $g, a\in\mathbb F_p$ are given elements with $g$ a primitive root. The discrete log problem poses the task of finding an integer $x$ such that $g^x=a$. Show that even if $x$ ...
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How does CTR-ESSIV work?

I'm using Wikipedia and Handbook of Applied Cryptography as references. I know that ESSIV generates an initialization vector (IV) by combining a hashed key with the sector number. However, I only see ...
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Are passwords generated from sine vulnerable to certain attacks?

A friend mentioned that he used the sine of a number, i.e. sind(54), to generate long passwords. This way he only has to remember sine 54 and have a calculator to get his password back. I am wondering ...
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In a group, is it hard to calculate the base $g$ given $g^a$ and $a$?

Discrete logarithm, that is: calculate $a$ given $g$ and $g^a$, is assumed to be a hard problem in some groups. Is it also hard to calculate $g$ given $g^a$ and $a$?
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Simple multiplication as an encryption method

There was a time when I wondered about multiplication as an encryption operation. That was when I was thinking in terms of modular multiplication. But how about based around simple multiplication. ...
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Parameters for elliptic curve prime192v3

I'm looking all over the internet for prime192v3's parameters. I think I may have found them here, but it doesn't say what variable each number matches to. Is there some central place where I can find ...
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OpenSSL encrypted text length

OpenSSL block ciphers return length of the text as output of the encryption (envelope_seal()), and If I have to send the length over network, I append the length ...
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Hash function as secure as one-time pad?

We know that the one-time pad is provably secure as a cipher to encrypt some data. Is there an algorithm which does the same just as a hash function? Can we get a provably secure hash function? Maybe ...
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Boneh-Boyen like signature scheme

Full Boneh-Boyen signature scheme defines a pair of secret keys (SK) $a \in \mathbb{Z}_n$ and $b \in \mathbb{Z}_n$ and a pair of public keys (PK) $A = G^a \in \mathbb{G}$ and $B = G^b \in \mathbb{G}$. ...
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I have recently been playing with Chacha20-Poly1305 with libsodium, and all of the examples state the additional data portion of the tag is stored in plaintext when encrypted. But from what I can tell ...
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Is $f(x)\oplus x$ a one-way function?

Given that $f$ is a OWF and $|f(x)|=|x|$ for all $x$, is $g(x)=f(x)\oplus x$ necessarily also a OWF?
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Trivium example

I started learning cryptography from Understanding Cryptography book of Christof Paar and Jan Pelzl. Here is the problem I have solved but I want to be sure that it is correct. Assume the IV(...
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I have a secret message which I want to encrypt such that any of several different keys can open it independently. The keys can't know about each other and it has to be able to work completely ...
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Why is knowing M not enough to break Blum Blum Shub?

In Blum Blum Shub, the generator is $x_{n+1}={x_n}^2 \mod M$ where $M=p \cdot q$, $p \in \mathbb P$, and $q \in \mathbb P$. Supposedly, knowing $p$ and $q$ is enough to break the system. But if I know ...
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Given $g^a, g^b, g^c, g^{1/b}$, is it hard to distinguish $e(g, g)^{abc}$ from a random value?

where $g$ is a group element in bilinear group $\mathbb{G}$. I understand it is very similar to the conventional DBDH problem, but $g^{1/b}$ is also known, possibly making it easier? Does anyone know ...
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Is there any advantage on encrypting the CMAC together with the message?

I'm reading a protocol specification where the procedure is to generate a CMAC, take the first 4 bytes of it, append this authentication tag to the message and then encrypt the message + CMAC together ...