Stephen Touset

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13	Is Encrypt+HMAC stronger than AEAD?
7	Using an MD5 hash as a password
6	Does the IV need to be known by AES (CBC mode)?
6	Why does the recommended key size between symmetric and assymetric encryption differ greatly?
6	Two way encryption with random IV

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+85	Using an MD5 hash as a password
+10	IV Security Clarification
+10	Is Encrypt+HMAC stronger than AEAD?
+10	Does knowledge of original file size provide a cryptographic weakness?

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3 Questions

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7	Streaming API to authenticated encryption
2	Encrypting or HMACing password digests
1	Comparing plaintext to contents of ciphertext

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25 encryption × 11	14 initialization-vector × 4
25 hmac × 4	13 passwords × 4
23 aes × 10	12 cryptanalysis × 2
18 authenticated-encryption × 4	9 key-size × 2
17 hash × 4	7 algorithm-design × 2

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