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What is the complexity for attacking 3DES in linear or differential cryptanalysis?

I know that 3DES is NOT vulnerable to DC , LC . But is it because the attacks requires too many input\output pairs ? Or because it's impossible ? (i.e requires more than 2^64 pair )
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Generating random numbers from thread timing in C++

Do these codes generate true random numbers? If not: can you prove their pseudo-randomness? For computers with more than two CPUs ...
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Reasons for components of AES

I started reading "Cryptography: theory and practice" by Stinson, and I am trying to understand the reason behind the choices for the different components of AES since they seem quite arbitrary. 1) ...
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Mutual verification of shared secret

Is it possible to develop a scheme where two parties, unsure if they have the same secret, can verify that the other does or does not share the same secret, without one party being able to cheat and ...
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Is standardizing a modified AES a good idea?

"Recently" the Ukraine standardized a new block cipher Kalyna, which according to the abstract of this paper (warning: the paper contains a lot of test-vectors) is basically a modified version of AES. ...
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Easy explanation of “IND-” security notions?

There are many schemes that can advertise themselves with certain security notions, usually IND-CPA or IND-CCA2, for example plain ElGamal has IND-CPA security but doesn't provide IND-CCA security. ...
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meaning of pseudocode “(C, S):=”

I've seen many pseudocodes of this form in the Montgomery Multiplication related theses: (C, S) := a[j]*b[0]+C. What's the meaning of "(C, S):=", or how is the real code that converted from this ...
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Does anyone still use BAN or GNY logic in practice?

I want to implement a simple protocol, and I'd like to verify it through BAN or GNY logic. I would assume that if these logics are still used that there would be some programs available that would ...
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Is there any practical attack to create a printable chosen prefix MD5 collision?

I would like to create two ASCII text messages with the same MD5. Is this possible? If not, is there a similar but less strict attack that could work? Or to rephrase my last question: what are the ...
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Working on subgroup of $\mathbb{Z}^*_p$ in practice

It is said that, given a group $\mathbb{Z}^*_p$, we can always have a subgroup whose order is prime. To this end, for a safe prime $p=2q+1$, compute $x_i^2 \bmod p$ for all $x_i \in \mathbb{Z}^*_p$. ...
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Is a book cipher provably secure?

I've seen ciphers (usually in spy drama shows) that involve taking a book and writing down an index to individual characters. Essentially it's a keyed substitution cipher, where the key is the name ...
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Does XTS provide random write access?

I'm trying to find a sufficient encryption mode that supports random read and write access. It seems like XTS is a perfect fit, since in my use case authentication and integrity insurance are handled ...
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Can passwords be stored securely so that a similarity comparison can be made?

On the Pro Webmasters StackExchange site, someone asked a question about a webapp (in this case cPanel) that refused to allow a password change because it was too similar to a previous password. I ...
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Using password-based encryption as a hashing scheme

Classic scheme: Given password and hashing algorithm Generate salt Calculate ...
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What is a Non-Interactive Zero Knowledge Proof?

I understand the concept of a Zero Knowledge Proof thanks to the easy to understand analogy of Alibaba's cave. However, this seems to require interaction between the verifier and the other party. I ...
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RSA function over $Z_t^{*}$ where $t$ is prime

RSA function is defined over $Z_N^{*}$ where $N=pq$ with $p,q$ primes. A public key is a pair $(N,e)$ and a private key is $(N,d)$ where $d=e^{-1} \mod \phi(N)$. Assume that RSA function is defined ...
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Interesting malleability property of Goldwasser-Micali PKC

GM is a cryptosystem with a modulus $N = pq$ ($p$, $q$ prime) and quadratic nonresidue $r \in (\Bbb Z / N\Bbb Z)^*$ as the public key. You can see the details on Wikipedia. Anyway, let's say that \$N ...
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Power analysis and exponentiation by squaring

I am trying to understand how one can retrieve the secret exponent via a simple power analysis. Lets suppose that the exponentiation by squaring algorithm is implemented in its simplest form : ...

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