Thomas Pornin

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Cryptographer, programmer in several languages (C, Java, several assemblies, Pascal, Forth...). I also have a life.


243 Answers

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7
Why RSA uses {d,n} as private key instead of {e,n}?
may 27 at 11:14
8
Knowing a valid salted hash for an unknown secret, is it possible to compute another valid hash?
may 1 at 12:21
5
Are cryptographic hash functions perfect hash functions?
apr 23 at 22:34
9
Using the same secret key for encryption and authentication in a Encrypt-then-MAC scheme
apr 23 at 10:56
5
Correct way to map random number to defined range?
apr 15 at 13:18
4
Client and server using same SSL certificate - any issues?
mar 30 at 20:30
5
Why are RSA key sizes almost always a power of two?
mar 28 at 11:11
1
Could a very long password theoretically eliminate the need for a slow hash?
mar 22 at 3:06
4
Cracking an RSA with no padding and very small e
mar 20 at 20:03
3
Efficient algorithm for remainder calculation over prime field for ECC implementation?
mar 18 at 10:52
8
Can SRP be used with Elliptic Curves?
mar 2 at 19:07
4
Are RSA signatures deterministic?
feb 28 at 12:26
6
Turning a cipher into a hashing function
feb 25 at 13:44
6
How to bring little changes in DES algorithm
feb 9 at 11:02
2
ECDH VS. DH benchmarking in JAVA
feb 2 at 13:18
2
How is the x coordinate of a “point at infinity” encoded in a Secp256k1 signature?
jan 28 at 21:59
4
AES CBC mode or AES CTR mode recommended?
jan 19 at 14:13
6
Is it possible to break a hash-based block cipher?
jan 10 at 18:05
4
Why is RSA usually limited to messages up to 1 block
jan 8 at 18:23
4
Simple homomorphic crypto for 32-bit integers
jan 6 at 14:11
12
Does the elliptic curve (EC) cryptosystem outperform RSA and DL cryptosystems?
jan 3 at 20:07
1
Efficient Symmetric Mutual Entity Authentication Protocol
dec 30 at 15:13
4
Are really, really long passwords any securer than short ones?
dec 7 at 23:56
5
Exhausting the entropy of a hash function
nov 30 at 14:21
6
Constructing RSA private key, given public key
nov 29 at 2:09
4
What cipher mode is suitable for independantly decryptable short messages?
nov 29 at 0:41
8
Does a trace of SSL packets provide a proof of data authenticity?
nov 24 at 0:43
6
Can I use my random IV (for AES) as a salt for PBKDF2?
nov 20 at 17:17
5
Is there an authenticated encryption scheme where the recipient can attribute the message to a single sender?
nov 20 at 12:06
4
Implementing AES in C++: 4x4 Array of unint8_t, or 4x1 array of uint32_t?
nov 17 at 14:46
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