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45 What is a “freestart collision”? Oct 8 '15
41 Is secp256r1 more secure than secp256k1? Sep 4 '14
40 Are checksums essentially non-secure versions of cryptographic hashes? Feb 21 '16
33 Can Shannon's entropy be used to determine if a file is encrypted? Jun 29 '16
22 Can I remove newlines in a public key? Sep 10 '14
21 Is HMAC needed for a SHA-3 based MAC? Jun 29 '14
21 What is the new attack on SHA-1 “SHAttered” and how does it work? Feb 23 '17
19 HMAC-SHA1 vs HMAC-SHA256 Aug 17 '15
18 Perfect Forward Secrecy with NaCl May 20 '14
18 Is it possible to recover the seed used by Python's pseudo-random number generator? Dec 9 '17
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