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Generate a 256-bit random nonce. XOR it with a 256-bit reusable symmetric key. This is x. We represent numbers in simple binary instead of a counting function. <...

The weakness CWE-329 is an interesting problem with CBC mode. However, does this same weakness affect the other modes of operation that rely upon an IV such as: PCBC, CFB and OFB? My gut feeling is, ...

To perform a bit flipping attack, the previous block is modified by using XOR. This results in an altered plaintext. However, now the ciphertext of the previous block is altered, hence it will result ...

I'm currently studying crypto and wondered what would be wrong with the following process... I want to encrypt a long message $M$ with a short symmetric key $K$ and a public nonce $X$. The idea is to ...

In cryptography, a block cipher mode of operation is an algorithm that uses a block cipher to provide information security such as confidentiality or authenticity. A block cipher by itself is only ...

What is the difference between; pseudorandom permutation pseudorandom function block cipher? Very confused with the 3 terms and I am not good at advanced math. Can someone explain in plain word?

When using AES-GCM I know that I am supposed to use a new initialization vector every time I call the AES-GCM algorithm with the same key. What are other rules must be followed to use AES-GCM ...

In the counter mode of encryption, the nonce cannot be used again unless a new block cipher key is chosen. What is the maximum number of messages that can be encrypted using the same key? The maximum ...

I am looking at an AES-CTR implementation (WebCrypto) and it takes an initialization parameter count which is an array of 16 bytes. It then asks you to specify <...

Does Paillier follow a stream encryption or block encryption technique. If it’s a block encryption then what is the size of the block in bits or bytes.

The CTR mode, with its CPA security, is one of the malleable block cipher mode of operations. An attacker can simply modify the bits of the ciphertext stream in their advance. This is due to the lack ...

Let ssuppose that we are using AES in CTR mode to encrypt a number of blocks ($x$ bytes each). How is the current used IV (nonce+ctr) synchronized among both communicating entities? I suppose that the ...

Another way to ask this question: when block ciphers were invented, why did they add the restriction that the block cipher would be restricted to blocks of a fixed size? From my laymen's point of view,...