Polynomial

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22 Questions

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9	Blum Blum Shub vs. AES-CTR or other CSPRNGs
9	Is every output of a hash function possible?
7	Desirable S-box properties
6	Hash decrypts key, key decrypts cipher… why?
5	In layman's terms, how does Shor's algorithm work?

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+5	Desirable S-box properties
+5	Is it worth applying a MAC on data in a HSM?
+5	In layman's terms, how does Shor's algorithm work?
+5	Is it feasible to break Diffie-Hellman key exchange when the implementation uses a poor-quality PRNG?

6 Answers

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3	Untraceable communication protocol
2	Brute force a ciphered message?
2	What is the time complexity of the RC4 encryption & decryption algorithms?
2	Practical necessity of semantic security under chosen plain text attack (CPA) in CBC mode
1	Relation between Threshold Cryptosystem and Secure Multiparty Computation ?

53 Tags

6 encryption × 5	2 semantic-security
3 protocol-design × 3	2 complexity
3 deniable-encryption	2 rc4
2 cbc × 2	2 cryptanalysis
2 chosen-plaintext-attack	2 brute-force-attack

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