Questions tagged [key-size]
Key size is the size measured in bits of the key used in a cryptographic algorithm.
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Recommended key size for DKIM
What is the recommended key length for DKIM? I'm currently thinking about a 1024-bit key vs. a 2048-bit one.
From the crypto point of view for RSA, 2048 or 4096 bits is clearly recommended--no ...
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How to encrypt a small number of identities (which are related to each other)? / Which algorithm has the smallest bit-length?
I'm looking for an encryption with as small numbers as possible.
Given a small group of identities ($G$) (e.g. numbers from $1$ to $N$).
Given one entry (or a small number) $e_i$ allows to compute ...
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Security of ciphersuite and key
Is anyone able to cite resources that can be based on choosing a cipher suite?
In my case, for a VPN server (OpenVPN) I chose a set of ciphers:
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
It provides 128 ...
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Why is the NIST recommendation for the private key exponent so much smaller than the modulus?
NIST recommends a 256-bit private key exponent for DLP with a 3072-bit modulus. This question answered how the modulus was chosen/calculated, however, why isn't the private key size closer to the ...
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When does the SIS (Short Integer Solution) Lattice-problem start becoming easy (According to the parameters size)?
SIS (Short Integer Solution) Problem : Given $m$ uniformly random vectors $a \in Z_q^n$, grouped as the columns of a matrix $A \in Z_q^{n.m}$, find a nonzero integer vector $z \in Z^m$ with $||z|| \...
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How many possible keys are in a columnar transposition cipher?
In a book I am reading it says that the message "Common sense is not so common." (which has 30 characters, space and punctuation included) has a range of possible keys of 2 to 15, half the message ...
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How is the recommended NIST modulus for DLP chosen/calculated?
NIST recommends a 256-bit private key exponent for DLP with a 3072-bit modulus. From this answer it appears that the range of private key numbers is derived by calculating a prime modulus via $2⋅p$ ...
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Can I use XOR to establish a longer shared secret?
SIKEp434 can only be used to encapsulate a 16 byte (128 bit) shared secret key. Most encryption algorithms these days (specifically (X)ChaCha20) require a 256 bit key to be secure, especially in a ...
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Maximum security strength in bits of ISAAC cipher?
Wikipedia claims key length can be very big in this cipher, so I assume it can offer a million bits of security provided entropy of key is the same?
Of course I can SHA-256 hash the key to allow any ...
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Minimal secure index of quasi-cyclic codes for code-based cryptography
It is well-known that keys (generator matrices) of code-based cryptography are very large for its practical usage. To reduce them scientists propose to use families of quasi-cyclic codes. I remind ...
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Security strength of JPBC Type A curve compared to SecP curve
I recently encountered some problems when learning about the JPBC library.
Does the curve generated by (J)PBC using the method typeAcurvegenerator(160,512) and the ...
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I need help determining the best encryption options based on System.Security.Cryptography in .NET
I asked a question here, and received a great summary but was redirected here. Covering the answers of the post, it was noted and suggested that:
Use of plain (CBC) mode. They suggested to use GCM ...
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Length of password requirement using openssl aes-256-cbc
I am using the following OpenSSL command to AES 256 encrypt a file:
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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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How many bytes of data does AES 256 encrypt at one time?
Since the block size of AES 256 is 256, how would we calculate the bytes of data AES 256 encrypts at one time?
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80-bit collision resistance because of 80-bit x87 registers?
This is just a curious question, and it probably doesn't belong here anyway, and I'm just being bold asking it here.
80-bit used to be considered an adequate level of security, Skipjack and SHA1 ...
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Extracting Zip using Only the AES Key
I have set myself a little challenge, to see if I can decrypt my own text file from with a ZIP file...
The AES Key from my encrypted ZIP is all I have managed to extract,
how do I decrypt the ...
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Question about IV from CBC/AES-256
I'm developing a program to encrypt and decrypt a file with AES-256/CBC in Java. And I want it to be safe enough.
In my case, I generated random AES key for each file to encrypt and decrypt them.
My ...
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Why does Laravel only support AES-256-CBC?
Modern Laravel uses OpenSSL to provide AES-256-CBC encryption along with a MAC. However, I was under the impression that this is not a particularly secure approach.
Why does Laravel only support AES-...
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How secure is a 4 digit seed?
When I Use a 4 digit random number(e.g. 4468) as seed for a (manual) Stream cipher and straddle it to the length of the plaintext using a lagged fibonnacci generator, can this seed be found by brute ...
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AES-256-CBC with random IV - storing same plaintext as same ciphertext
I am encrypting some information stored in a column of a MySQL database.
The column can contain repeated values, let's say the table has 7 rows and the column to be encrypted has the following values:...
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cryptographic accumulators: accumulator size vs. max. number of set members?
Here's a basic question about cryptographic accumulators, or at least ones based on fixed-size accumulator values (such as RSA ones based on modulo arithmetic), that is strangely not even mentioned in ...
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How Secure is gpg Command Using Symmetric AES-256 From Being Cracked
How secure is any data encrypted using the following command:
gpg -o *encrypted_output_file_name* --symmetric --cipher-algo AES256 *file_to_be_encrypted*
Can ...
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Key, plaintext block and ciphertext block permutations question
Question: If a cipher’s key size is $k$ bits and its block size is $b$ bits, how many possible keys are there, how many possible plaintext blocks are there, and how many possible ciphertext blocks are ...
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Why is Diffie-Hellman Insecure If Order of the Generator Has Only Small Prime Factors?
In this post from security SE, Tom Leek mentioned that, for Diffie-Hellman to be secure order of the group $g$ should have a prime factor at least $2k$ bits long, where $k$ is the security parameter.
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How many bits should I request from PBKDF2 to create a strong password?
I'm building a tool which generates passwords by hashing a service name with a master key. PBKDF2 was primarily chosen due to availability in the Web Crypto API.
What would be a secure value for the ...
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What is the recommended minimum key length for ECDSA signature
I want to identify the proportion of certificates that use unrecommend ECDSA key length for TLS certificates based on some data I collected.
By looking at a standard like NIST for example, I find ...
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What is the largest key size that could be carried by a shuffled deck of playing cards?
If you are carrying a standard 52 card pack of cards (no jokers) what is the largest key size, or the amount of data the cards can hold?
Without the cards being marked or distinguishable from an ...
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Is this device authentication method (using AES-256) secure?
Let's say we have:
client_id_ran: 256 bit random text (chosen only once for whole system) used to generate client_id by ...
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What are the disadvantages of XOR key derivation?
Assume a 256-bit Key and a 256-bit Salt, with uniformly distributed entropy, both fully independent.
Assume ...
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How to encrypt file with RSA and AES that anyone with RSA key can decrypt them?
How to encrypt a file with RSA and AES-256 that anyone with RSA key can decrypt them?.
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Does password length affect AES encrypt/decrypt velocity?
I'm implementing crypto in Node, following this article: https://lollyrock.com/articles/nodejs-encryption/
It defines:
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Encrypt multiple files with OpenSSL securely [closed]
I wish to encrypt potentially gigabytes of data on my pc, and I wish to be able to decrypt and use those files.
However, I am a noob, so bear with me.
My idea is to use ...
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Differences between Webcrypto (js) and Cryptodome.Cipher.AES (python) [closed]
I'm trying to understand the difference in output of AES decrypt (GCM mode) using Webcrypto and Cryptodome.Cipher.AES in python.
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Why can't decrypt with OpenSSL if salt changed (for CBC and ECB)
A file encrypted with OpenSSL (with, for example, AES 256-bit mode CBC) using the Linux command
openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -in texte -out encrypted_texte -k password
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Can one trade off the number of iterations for key length with the PBKDF2?
When using the PBKDF2, is one taking on significant risk if one chooses to lower the number of iterations and choose to have very long keys?
Can I XOR my message with a a very long key (plain-text ...
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Maximum number of possible keys for a fixed-length password?
I'm reviewing some information and possibilities regarding key space size following a unique password requirement, as it were.
This particular requirement is a fixed-length password of 12 characters, ...
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Encryption / Decryption using AES-256 GCM
I am new in cryptography and I am facing some complications in encryption-decryption. I am trying to use AES-GCM with a 256-bit AES key and a 96-bit nonce. I use an open source project (Vault) to ...
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Why would Diffie-Hellman Group 21 be 521 bits rather than 512?
Diffie-Hellman groups tend to increment in key sizes as you'd expect up until group 21. Any idea why the key size is 521 rather than 512? I haven't been able to find an answer at all.
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X25519 - why openssl shows 253 bits?
When using ECDHE with Curve25519 with openssl:
Server Temp Key: X25519, 253 bits
I thought when we use X25519, it use 256 bit key. Why openssl shows the server temp key as 253 bits?
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How much time does AES decryption take?
I am attempting to decrypt a 90 GB file that is encrypted using AES-256. I have the password. How long should this take to complete? I've had the process running for over 3 days with no progress.
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Is it possible to reverse Ansible vault data?
I would like to publish on github a full set of ansible playbooks.
Some files contains sensitive data, so I have 'vaulted' them, encrypted.
You can find the format description here and some relevant ...
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Is it possible to successfully encrypt/decrypt in DUKPT using different sized BDKs?
We are having our P2PE Solution validated against the PCI P2PE standard. We currently use a TDEA 2-key based BDK, and IPEK in both the encryption and decryption environments. ANSI X9.24-1 (2009) ...
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What is the minimum and maximum value of an RSA private exponent?
Is it possible to calculate the minimum and maximum value of the private exponent for an RSA key, for example for a 1024 key size? In other words, what is the range of values in which the private ...
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AES256 mix column code generating output bigger than 8 bits
I'm implementing AES256 in javascript with block size 128 bits and i understand every thing about AES except mixcolumn transformation.
so i copied this code from the internet and both mixColumn and ...
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Which symmetric algorithm should I use for storing files in untrusted servers?
I have gigabites of files, which I have to backup. I have some servers for storing this files. But these servers are untrusted. So I need to encrypt files, then backup files. When my PC breaks down, ...
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Does C# Triple DES Encryption need 128 bit key or 192 bit key [closed]
I have the following code in C#
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AES Is it safe to expose the plaintext and cyphertext in the same place,
In a web application, I need to send in a webpage form an id (my plain text) and then retrieve it back when the user submit the form.
But i need the id to be protected, so malicous users can't send an ...
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Cutting down the size of a long blowfish key
I am reverse engineering a software that uses blowfish for encryption. The target uses an implementation of blowfish that allows arbitrary positive key length with a key size larger than 56 bytes.
I ...
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Arbitrary key size in RC4
Is it possible using RC4 that for e.g. a 17-bit long plaintext i can get a 17-bit long ciphertext?
From my understanding, for this example i need a 17-bit long key to do the XOR operation for ...
