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Nov
19
comment Using CBC with a fixed IV and a random first plaintext block
That's why it is a comment and not an answer. Since you are using a source of randomness i can't see why not use it to produce the initial IV. In terms of efficiency this will increase linear the size of the ciphertext compared with the standard way
Nov
19
comment Using CBC with a fixed IV and a random first plaintext block
Why to do that?Is like CTR mode with 1 counting step, but in CTR the IV+the counter are encrypted with AES and this is XORed with the plaintext. If the IV is not random it must be unique, that's why we use a counter
Nov
19
comment Is it safer to encrypt twice with RSA?
@D.W. Is there a quantitative assessment in how large this partial plaintext recovering should be in order to be conjectured as CPA?
Nov
18
answered Relative merits of AES ECB and CBC modes for securing data at rest
Nov
17
accepted Why does OAEP have 2 rounds with 2 random oracles?
Nov
16
comment Is it safer to encrypt twice with RSA?
Does the fact that a tiny amount of information is discovered for the plaintext from the ciphertext violates the IND-CPA security? I am wondering as IND-CPA refers to fully recover the plaintext
Nov
15
asked Why does OAEP have 2 rounds with 2 random oracles?
Nov
15
answered Is it safer to encrypt twice with RSA?
Nov
13
comment Is Convergent Encryption really secure?
@PaĆ­loEbermann I will try to sum up my answer according to the article. It's a good motivation and exercise for me :)
Nov
11
answered Is Convergent Encryption really secure?
Nov
2
awarded  Popular Question
Oct
29
accepted Why pairing based crypto is suitable for some particular cryptographic primitives?
Oct
29
accepted How to plot the distribution of a ciphertext?
Oct
28
comment Subgroups generators with respect to group generators of composite order
@PaĆ­loEbermann It's not a homework. I was trying to come up with something i was reading in a paper
Oct
28
revised Subgroups generators with respect to group generators of composite order
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Oct
28
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Oct
28
accepted Subgroups generators with respect to group generators of composite order
Oct
26
revised Subgroups generators with respect to group generators of composite order
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Oct
26
comment Why pairing based crypto is suitable for some particular cryptographic primitives?
Can you give me an example of a degree-2 combination? I.e given $g^{x_1}, \ldots ,g^{x_n}$ as a consequence of bilinearity i can have $g^{x_1 \ldots x_2}$ ?
Oct
26
asked Subgroups generators with respect to group generators of composite order