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comment Replay attack prevention under strict conditions
@PaĆ­loEbermann The authenticated party sends the requests and the other party responds. In that sense it is very similar to HTTP(S).
Jun
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comment Replay attack prevention under strict conditions
My apologies @CodeInChaos, it seems I initially misunderstood your concept. Thank you everyone for the help.
Jun
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accepted Replay attack prevention under strict conditions
Jun
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comment Replay attack prevention under strict conditions
By not sequential I mean that requests should be able to be sent in parallel without errors caused by the defense mechanism. I have considered a similar idea to the one you proposed, unfortunately both violate the "sequential rule". Say I send a request A, and then a request B. There is no guarantee that request A will arrive before request B (request A might be orders of magnitude larger), hence this will cause errors. Leaving space for these errors is, by definition, bound to cause replay attack opportunities.
Jun
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asked Replay attack prevention under strict conditions
May
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comment How were the number of rounds for different key sizes of AES selected?
As to the choice for the round numbers? Have a look at this document: csrc.nist.gov/archive/aes/rijndael/Rijndael-ammended.pdf. Note the "Number of rounds" section under "Motivation for design choices".
May
21
comment How were the number of rounds for different key sizes of AES selected?
$N_r = len(key)/4 + 6$.
May
3
revised Creating an encryption key from several other keys and using hash functions
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May
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answered Creating an encryption key from several other keys and using hash functions
Apr
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comment Identifying cryptography cipher
64-bit block size. P-array of 18 32-bit subkeys. 4 32-bit S-boxes with 256 entries each. Blowfish.
Apr
22
awarded  Talkative
Apr
22
comment How to perform file encryption using 128-Bit AES?
let us continue this discussion in chat
Apr
22
comment How to perform file encryption using 128-Bit AES?
@John Paul Parreño Such questions are better suited for Stack Overflow. Word of advice, if you are new to cryptography and wish to implement a cipher yourself, I'd suggest trying something simpler than AES at first, such as RC6.
Apr
22
comment Does the Biclique attack on AES pose a credible risk to its security?
At the moment, no cryptanalytic attack on full AES is computationally feasible. Hence, there is no practical threat. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_Standard#Security
Apr
22
comment ID-Secret Scheme
True. This was the first crypto-protocol I attempted to design and there are of course obvious flaws and design oversights. As for the problem faced, asymmetric cryptography proved to be an excellent solution.
Apr
22
accepted ID-Secret Scheme
Feb
23
comment How can one share information using the 'host-proof' paradigm?
@Travis In Adobe Air you can sign your applications with a certificate issued by a recognized certification authority. The problem with cryptography in AS3 is that it is slow. Thankfully there is a way to circumvent this limitation: using Air Native Extensions, but this requires you to publish your applications as native installers which cannot be signed. If speed is not a requirement, this may be a viable solution on first thought.
Feb
22
comment Which one of the Block Cipher modes is the best?
@PaĆ­lo Ebermann The SSL vulnerability you describe is present in TLS 1.0 and lower, not only in SSL 3.0.
Feb
22
accepted Combating traffic analysis over request-response protocols