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how to encypt messages using ecdh?

i am using diffie helman key exchange to generate the shared secret. But how will the message be encrypted using this shared key? any idea or code snippets in python?
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New to cryptology, studying key exchange

I'm just getting an overview of some of the concepts in key exchanging at the moment, and I'm a bit disoriented on a few topics, namely key stretching, key derivation functions and perfect forward ...
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uniform vs. non-uniform PPT

I'm trying to understand PPT and in particular what the differences are in uniform and non-uniform PPT's. First, this is how I see it: A Probabilistic Polynomial-Time algorithm A is an algorithm that ...
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Probability of SHA256 Collisions for Certain Amount of Hashed Values

I wonder if you can help me figure out that question: Is there a known probability function f: N -> [0,1], that computes the probability of a sha256 collision for a certain amount of values to be ...
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Average/approximate difference in value between valid consecutive $x$ coordinates in ECC?

From my basic understanding not all values of $x$ coordinates can satisfy a given elliptic curve equation, i.e. some $x$ coordinate values are not valid points on the curve because $x^3+ax+b$ is not a ...
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What are the vulnerabilities of this homemade encryption algorithm?

I decided to program a relatively trivial encryption algorithm in my downtime. This algorithm takes a seed from a user (supports floating point seeds), and then adds 1 to the seed for every iteration ...
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Vigenère + columnar transposition

I'm trying to decode a text which is encoded by Vigenère followed by a columnar transposition. The method I want to use is trying random columnar transpositions and then rating how much the text that ...
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Recover keys using statistical saturation attack

I am having trouble here performing this attack on a block cipher. This is my block cipher, it is a toy with really bad diffusion just for the sake of performing a successful attack ...
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Is it safe to encrypt random data using ECB mode?

If I have 48 random bytes, is it safe to encrypt them using ECB mode? Or is there still a good reason to use another mode like CTR, CBC, etc.? Context is this: I am creating something like a TLS ...
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Is computing roots moduli a composite $N$ a hard problem without knowing the factorization of $N$?

Suppose that we are given $\mathbb{Z}_{N}$ and an element $x^u \in \mathbb{Z}_{N}$ with $u \in (0,l]$ where $l$ is the bit-size of $N$. Is it difficult to recover $x$ by knowing $u$ without knowing ...
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What can cause similar MD5 hashes

I have a set of MD5 hashes with huge similarities in the second half of the hash, (made up) examples: ...
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Is only one shared secret generated by ECDH per key pair?

I'm confused about ECDH. Using their public keys and private keys, two entities can arrive on a shared secret. But from the equations I've seen, it looks like ONLY the numbers present in their key ...
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Is there any pattern in points on EC?

I read some where in crypto.stackexchange answer (related to EC-SRP protocol) that there is pattern in points on elliptic curves, i.e. if given some points containing mix of correct and wrong points ...
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PKCS#7 signed data structure in signed PDF document

Is it mandatory to include PKCS#7 data (OID 1.2.840.113549.1.7.1) octet string into the sequence of PKCS#7 signed data? I mean if you want to sign PDF, you are basically adding PKCS#7 container ...
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During electronic voting, how does one hide the choice from Voting device?

Assume the following: I want to cast a vote during an election through an electronic voting system. For our system we make the assumption that the device one uses to cast the vote is potentially ...
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How are symmetric cryptographic keys stored? [migrated]

If you have a symmetric key which is negotiated via SRP protocol between a mobile device (e.g. smartphone) and a server, what would be a safe way to persist this resulting key on each side? On the ...
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Openssl library problem

I'm using openssl library and I've a problem with RSA_private_encrypt() and RSA_public_decrypt(). I'm using a key size of 256 bit with no padding of the input message. I've noted that when my input ...
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Is there an existing authorative definition of the cryptographic term 'pepper'

I can attempt to define the term 'pepper' as: In cryptography, a pepper is a something that is added to another value (for example a password) prior to a the value being hashed using a ...
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(bfxor) BruteForcer XOR v1.2 - Data Dictionary Attack on 64-bit Keys [on hold]

This is Reptor/xorcoder from Germany again. Yesterday I resumed work on bfxor, my brute-forcing tool with which it's possible to hack XOR encrypted data, mostly text, up to 64-bit keys (8 chars). The ...
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Device intercommunication with commands

I want to create a smart house project, and in that i bought some simple RF modules. Those modules don't support crypto out of the box but i want to connect them to a device that i would program to ...
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RSA, proof of correct work, if p is not a prime number [duplicate]

Is there any proof of correct work of RSA algorithm, if p is not a prime number? For example: n = p*q, p = p1*p2, where p1 and p2 are primes. Edit: I found that it's called Multiprime RSA, but i ...
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Can Poly1305-AES be used with AES-256?

I'm reading through Bernstein's The Poly1305-AES message-authentication code. The MAC is predicated on 16-byte block ciphers like AES and produces 16-byte authentication tags. However, Bernstein does ...
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Cryptography system by combining a block cipher and a stream cipher

I have to come up with a design for a cryptography system by combining a block cipher and a stream cipher. I can't seem to come up with anything on my own. Can someone point me in the right direction ...
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Prove that if we redefine the key space, we can assume Gen chooses a key uniformly

I am working on problem 2.1 in Introduction to Modern Cryptography 2nd edition by Katz and Lindell. 2.1) Prove that by redefining the key space, we may assume that the key generation algorithm ...
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Stacked LFSR - why not used?

New to cryptographic, weak in math. I have designed a PRG which consist of 33 LFSR's, each 32 bits wide. I use one of the LFSR's as "selector", using the 5 LSB from this register to select one of ...
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Keystore and configuration file

It appears that Java Keystore is often used by web server using a configuration file, with the password opening the JKS written in it and also the password protecting the specific entry. How could ...
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Assemble RSA keys from components

I'm studying openpgp cryptography and struggling to understand some things. I can't use pgp tool for generating keys and ecryption, but have to write a simple app to generate keys, encrypt and decrypt ...
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Who are cryptography programmers responsible to? [on hold]

I am working on understanding the responsibility of a programmer when it comes to cryptography. Who is a programmers most responsible to, all humans vs. government, or even free people vs. non free, ...
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Attack probability of an algorithm? [on hold]

I am currently working on improvising the blow fish algorithm. Is there any method to find the attack probability of the algorithm? I am in learning stage right now so please don't mind if the ...
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In modern definition, what is Enigma, and what caused its downfall?

This question is sparked from the movie The Imitation Game. This single question will have lots of subquestions. The Germans must put the Enigma at the same settings before encrypting and decrypting ...