Questions tagged [authenticated-encryption]
Combination of encryption and authentication in a way that ensures confidentiality and integrity.
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Relying on a private public key for authentication
I'm Alice, and I generate a public/private key pair. I securely & confidentially share my public key with Bob and Carol, who securely & confidentially share it with various other benevolent ...
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What are the popular modes-of-operation (AES-GCM, AES-SIV, AES-GCM-SIV, etc.) geared for?
I'm interested in developing software capable of encrypting personal files (which will ultimately be backed up to the cloud) and have been doing my best to follow best practices.
There are many forms ...
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If we have chunk encryption for AES-Rijndael-CBC, should we hash Authenticate/tag each single chunk with a hash vs whole file?
was frustrated by which one to pick and my brain could not guess which one is better Authenticate the whole file as one with a hash vs authenticating each ciphered text.
So very quickly: i have super ...
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one-pass deterministic authenticated encryption
suppose there is a router with limited storage but good network connection; it could be a good worker for deterministic authenticated encryption on streams; that means it receives data from another ...
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Any standards for canonical ordering of HMAC or additional data in AEAD ciphers?
According to RFC 5116... If the AD input is constructed out of multiple data elements, then it is essential that it be unambiguously parseable into its constituent elements, without the use of any ...
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Where are labels of a Labeled data used in homomorphic message authenticator stored?
In a fully homomorphic message authenticator, Alice can authenticate
some large data $D$ using her secret key $s$k. She chooses a label $\tau$ for it, and the authentication algorithm authenticates ...
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difference between function f in eval and dec of homomorphic authenticated encryption
In the homomorphic authenticated encryption, as described 1, there are Eval and Dec PPT algorithms:
In Eval, f is the function to be performed on the encrypted data. However, I need to know why it ...
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Difference between Tag and Signature
Is there a technical difference between tag such as tag generated by authenticated encryption, and signature such as the signature generated by a functional signature scheme or homomorphic signature ...
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Does HMAC provide anything that AEAD does not?
Alice and Bob have to talk through Eve. (server to device through untrusted third party that relays messages, no TLS available)
Assume a secure key. Out of scope. Example, ECDH key exchange with HKDF....
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AEGIS/MORUS as a general purpose hash function
Can AEGIS/MORUS, ignoring its output except the tag and with a fixed key and IV, be used as a general purpose cryptographic hash function?
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are there more efficient methods than HMAC to achieve convergent encryption?
I’m thinking about the convergent encryption system described in the top answer to this question. However, it seems like preferred modern HMAC algorithms like HMAC-SHA256 (as used in step 2 to create ...
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Commitment based on authencticated encryption
Let $(E,D)$ be the encryption/decryption of an authenticated encryption scheme. Consider the following commitment scheme.
Generate a random key $k$. Commit to $m$ by sending $c=E_k(m)$.
Reveal $m$ by ...
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Should we use the new CAESAR competition ciphers?
At the beginning of this year, the CAESAR competition published the final portfolio for authenticated encryption algorithms.
I'm not a cryptographer and when I look at other applications, almost ...
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Authenticated Encryption mode & AEAD
I'm studying Authenticated encryption with Associated Data (AEAD).
My questions are
About AE - I heard that when it comes to Encrypt-then-MAC, if an attacker forges the ciphertext then he gets the ...
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Is using HMAC signature as a long-term password secure?
I'm considering implementing an authentication service without storing users' passwords/hash.
I want to use a key derivation function with a corresponding username...
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Why do one-time pads not provide message authentication?
It is often said that one-time pads do not provide message authentication. But, if you and I have a one-time symmetric key, and I send you a message, and it is not complete gibberish, is that itself ...
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Which HMAC scheme more secure?
Which HMAC scheme is more secure? Or are they of the same level of security?
Scheme One
Compute a HMAC on the data to encrypt (cleartext/plaintext)
Encrypt the data with AES_CTR_256, and append ...
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Is using the same MAC twice insecure?
I was thinking last night about whether or not a HMAC-Encrypt-HMAC would be secure if you used the same HMAC key.
Here is the full recipe:
Compute a HMAC on the data to encrypt, and append it to the ...
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Can I use a fixed IV with AES-GCM if I only encrypt unique plaintext values? [duplicate]
My use case guarantees that all plaintext values are unique. In this case, is it safe to use a fixed IV with AES-GCM to carry our encryption/decryption?
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Is using different public keys for different peers safer than reusing the public key, beyond forward secrecy?
In X25519 (ECDH over Curve25519) Peer A and B exchange their Public Keys ...
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AEAD (for AES128-GCM): is it necessary to add a zero-length AAD?
In an implementation of AEAD_AES_128_GCM, if the AAD is defined as a "zero-length octet sequence", is it necessary to call the encryption code that adds an AAD at all? In particular, does an OpenSSL/...
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Energy consumption by mobile or sensor node when executing xor / encryption / decryption [closed]
I try to estimate the energy consumption by a sensor node when executing an authentication algorithm witch contains operations (hashing, XOR, Encryption / decryption by public/private key, addition,......
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Any benefit to encrypting IV and MAC in a mode like AES-GCM or ChaChaPoly?
Would there be any benefit to symmetrically encrypting the IV and MAC in an AEAD mode of operation? More specifically would this prevent someone from exploiting the accidental use of a duplicate IV ...
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Decrypt authenticated cipher while still encrypting [duplicate]
Normal AES-GCM generates an authentication tag at the end of encryption. I want to decrypt it while it is still being encrypted. This would be useful to send, encrypt, receive and decrypt a large file ...
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What is the difference between an anonymous-encryption scheme and an authenticated-encryption scheme?
I was going through Indy-SDK when these two schemes were referenced. I want to know the precise differences between the two.
Indy-SDK links for reference to:
authenticated-encryption scheme
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AEAD without explicit authentication tag
I'm trying to understand the purpose of tag in AEAD. As far as I can understand, the resulting ciphertext will be slightly longer than the plaintext due to the authentication tag. Will it reduce the ...
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Plain text size limits for AES-GCM mode at 2GB with Sun JCE implementation?
The Sun JCE implementation of GCM is hard coded to refuse to encode more than 2 Gb, through the function GaloisCounterMode.checkDataLength() that returns an error message : "SunJCE provider only ...
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Robust authentication and integrity for short OTP message
Using any of the wonders of modern cryptographic technology, how is it possible to package a tweet-sized plaintext, which is to be encrypted with a proper one-time pad, to ensure its integrity and ...
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Append data to authenticated ciphertext encrypted using a stream cipher
Say we have xSalsa20 authenticated using Poly1305. If $ X $ is the ciphertext, $N$ is the nonce value, and $H$ is the authentication tag such that the final ciphertext is $ N || X || H $, then given ...
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Do AEAD algorithms and encrypt-then-MAC mitigate external decryption oracles?
I'm curious about a possible attack scenario that I'm not sure exists. If it is possible, I'd like to know if and how AEAD algorithms and encrypt-then-MAC implementations protect against it.
The ...
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Encrypting more than ~64GiB with AES-GCM - Integrity
I'm looking for solution to encrypt more than acceptable limit ~64GiB under same key with AES-GCM. I know I'm obligated to exchange nonces for each next ~64GiB chunk, but there is one thing that is ...
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Largest message size for XChaCha20-Poly1305
libsodium documentation says that XChaCha20-Poly1305 can encrypt a message of arbitrary size.
However, the only specification available (still a draft) explains that under the hood the IETF version ...
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Entity authentication protocol by encryption
I'm not a cryptography expert, so excuse me if the question seems very trivial.
I need to know if this protocol is secure against a MiTM attacks and ensure a safe entity authentication method.
We ...
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Choice between appending or prepending nonces to ciphertexts
I understand that when using CTR mode it is usually secure to append or prepend the nonce to the resulting ciphertext, whether the nonce is before or after the ciphertext being unimportant.
However, ...
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Where shall we use an authenticated encryption mode?
I learned from Wikipedia that authenticated encryption modes include OCB, CCM, EAX, GCM, and so on. Does this mean that when we want to use authenticated encryption we shall use these modes? But these ...
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How does the offline authentication work?
In these slides, offline and online PUF-based authentication protocols are explained in minute 16:30 and 17:30, respectively. I understand the way the online protocol works. Basically, the server ...
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What Are Secure Limits to Truncate the Authentication Tag (Mac) for Short Messages?
I have messages with the following fixed lengths:
4 byte
8 byte
16 byte
I want to encrypted them and prevent modification by appending an authentication tag using a MAC algorithm of my choosing (e.g....
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What is the security concept in printer cartridge?
Based on this datasheet or this patent, one of the usage of PUF is printer cartridge identification and authentication. I was wondering why printer cartridge needs identification and authentication. ...
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Quick scan which data (hmac/fernet) can be decrypted with a key?
I am designing a secure vault, which stores tens of thousands of encrypted messages and authenticated with Fernet/HMAC, A user query the vault with a key, could I use some kind of index to tell if the ...
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silly possibly original AE construction
This idea is inspired by a recent question about sending 32 byte messages, encrypted, without a MAC but still achieving the equivalent protection of a MAC just by using a block cipher, extra ...
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Can I achieve data authentication with ChaCha20 without MAC?
My case is rather special. I need to send data in small chunks, each under 32bytes. ChaCha20 state is 64 bytes.
Since I will be receiving data stream in chunks, id like to verify it on the fly (i.e. ...
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Cryptographic equivalent of family coat of arms
As a layman when it comes to cryptography, I have recently been asking myself if there was a cryptographic equivalent of a family code of arms. I'm thinking of something asymmetric, that is future ...
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Is it safe to use ECB mode this way, w/o duplicate blocks?
I wanna make my own "way" of encrypting separate messages. And I want it to have the least possible size overhead while being completely encrypted (hide msg counter). Here's my current idea:
we ...
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Deterministic Authenticated Encryption with AES-OFB and HMAC
I have an encrypted column in a database that stores sensitive information. The existing encryption scheme is deterministic and a database index exists on the encrypted value to allow searching.
I am ...
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What do NM-CPA, and NM-CCA mean?
When I've been researching authenticated encryption, the following terms keep showing up:
NM-CPA
NM-CCA
....without any definition as to what they mean. I've tried searching the web for their ...
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Guessing the key in AES256-GCM? [duplicate]
I assume that my case is weird but I've the following information:
IV: 0x263e or 0x3e26
Auth tag: 0x25
AES256-GCM encrypted payload: 0x4eec96df534ade4c013a
AES256-GCM decrypted payload: ...
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Does the AES-KW (Key Wrap Algorithm) perform authenticated encryption?
The RFC for AES-KW doesn't actually mention authentication, only integrity, where the unwrapping/decryption process should produce an identical IV of ...
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CAESAR finalists: Lightweight case (Ascon vs ACORN)
The Ascon cipher has been selected as the first choice in lightweight case and ACORN as the second. However according to Face-off between the CAESAR Lightweight Finalists: ACORN vs. Ascon paper, the ...
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Authenticated encryption and file data integrity
I've got a task to provide the integrity and an authenticated encryption for files in our application. I need an assurance if my way of thinking is correct.
I can't use AES GCM, I have to stay with ...
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Key size, performance, and security tradeoffs for AES GCM / CCM
AES can be used with 128, 192 or 256 bit keys and each one appears to have a performance vs security trade-off (What is the effect of the different AES key lengths?, What are the practical differences ...
