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### Why is RSA usually limited to messages up to 1 block [duplicate]

I'm wondering why RSA encryption usually is only used for messages that fit into one block. For larger messages hybrid encryption in combination with symmetric ciphers like AES seem to be the solution ...
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### What are the security effects of reusing a public RSA key to encrypt large data by blocks? [duplicate]

I'm trying to figure out a way to do public key encryption on a very large piece of data. For this, I of course want one side to do the encrypting but is unable to decrypt the data, and the other ...
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### How to encrypt huge data using RSA? [duplicate]

Is there any way to encrypt the huge amount of data using RSA? I was supposed it is possible but when I read some articles what I saw is that, this is bad practice or they say can only encrypt bit ...
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### Cryptography question(s) about RSA [duplicate]

In the real world, it's best to use at least two or more algorithms to encrypt data. From what I know, RSA acts as a wrapper to transfer data safely across web systems or API(s), or acts as a wrapper ...
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### Why do we need asymmetric algorithms for key exchange?

In SSL protocols, both symmetric and asymmetric algorithms are used. Why is it so? The symmetric algorithms are more secure and easier to implement. Why are asymmetric algorithms usually preferred in ...
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### Is RSA padding needed for single recipient, one-time, unique random message?

I want a way to encrypt files using this process: https://crypto.stackexchange.com/a/15 . That is: generate a random password, use that to AES-encrypt a file, and use an RSA public key to encrypt the ...
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### Why the symmetric key layer in PGP?

I've been familiarizing myself with the basics of PGP. If I understand correctly, PGP symmetrically encrypts the data of interest using a random single-use key, then encrypts the encrypted data and ...
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### When/why is RSA (hybrid) encryption used rather than alternatives?

I've read that RSA is not meant for encrypting large plaintext because: (Are these also true for other public-key encryptions like ElGamal?) It is slow. Padding makes the ciphertext blocks much ...
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### If RSA is limited to 117-200 bytes or so, is that a very limited use case?

Am I missing something, or is RSA very very limiting when it comes to ecrypting data when it comes to the actual message size? I have read that you can only encrypt a message of around 117 to 200 ...
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### Is a RSA-signature of some identifying data a safe way to implement a license key?

I have this idea of implementing a license key: After the user downloads the program, he connects to a website and sends his Windows product ID. The website, then, sends this back to him with a ...
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### Is it necessary to generate a private key for each encryption process?

I read about Asymmetric key cryptography like EG-ECC , RSA, ECDH. I understand the concept of mathematics to these algorithms. But I have wondered about the public key for sender and private key for ...
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### The purpose of digital envelopes [duplicate]

Why would you want to use a digital envelope? As I understand it, a plain-text message is encrypted using a secret key and then the key is encrypted with the receiver's public key. The encrypted ...
I have more bits than the degree of the NTRU polynomial. For example: $x^{11}-1$ message: Hello (I am using ascii, 8 bits for 1 symbol) got: ...