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Design of cryptographic primitives (algorithms), like block ciphers, stream ciphers, random-number generators, hash functions, MACs, key exchanges, public-key encryption or signature schemes. Also tag with the relevant type of primitive. If you ask about a known existing algorithm, also tag with its name.

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How many primitive cryptography operations are there? [closed]

Every cipher I've encountered seems to be built from slight variations of only three basic operations: the S-box, the P-box, and the XOR. I’m just wondering, are there any others? And if there aren' …
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