owlstead

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Java and security expert with over 10 years of experience with the language and with the practical application of cryptographic protocols - including the design of protocols within international standardization bodies. Creator of a heavily used common criteria certified product. Over 30 years of experience with computers. Likes kids, cats, reading, movies and several sports.

	640 reputation	bio	website		visits	member for	1 year, 5 months
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18 Answers

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5	PBKDF2 for key diversification
5	How to encrypt a short string and keep the length secret
5	Does AES specify error messages when using the wrong password to decrypt?
4	Why is the IV passed in the clear when it can be easily encrypted?
3	Which of these 3 AES 128 symmetric encrypt/decrypt routines is most secure?

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+10	Crack SHA1 hash code
+5	Cryptographic security of PHP mt_rand() function using Mersenne Twister algo
+2	What are advantages of using a HMAC over RSA with SHA-1 hashes?
+10	Which of these 3 AES 128 symmetric encrypt/decrypt routines is most secure?

4 Questions

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6	Counter mode secure hash algorithm
2	Sending KCV (key check value) with cipher text
1	Symmetric encryption mode where ciphertext size is plain text size
1	Cryptographic security of PHP mt_rand() function using Mersenne Twister algo

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13 encryption × 6	5 pbkdf-2
12 aes × 6	3 modes-of-operation × 4
5 initialization-vector × 2	3 hash × 3
5 hmac × 2	3 symmetric × 3
5 key-derivation	3 database