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114 votes
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Should we sign-then-encrypt, or encrypt-then-sign?

61 votes
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Why does nobody use (or break) the Camellia Cipher?

55 votes
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One Encryption, Many Decryption Keys

52 votes
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Explaining weakness of Dual EC DRBG to wider audience?

45 votes

Now that quantum computers have been out for a while, has RSA been cracked?

42 votes
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What are the differences Between “White-Box Cryptography” and “Code Obfuscation”?

41 votes

Is AES-256 weaker than 192 and 128 bit versions?

40 votes
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Blum Blum Shub vs. AES-CTR or other CSPRNGs

40 votes

Why does key generation take an input $1^k$, and how do I represent it in practice?

32 votes

Purpose of outer key in HMAC

29 votes

repeating-key xor and hamming distance

29 votes
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What security authorities and standards reject $e=3$ in RSA, when, and with what rationale?

23 votes
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Is the inverse of a secure PRP also a secure PRP?

20 votes

Time Capsule cryptography?

19 votes

Should I use ECB or CBC encryption mode for my block cipher?

19 votes
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Stopping timing attacks on AES: Why is it important to prevent the OS from interrupting the AES computation?

19 votes
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What stops the Multiply-With-Carry RNG from being a Cryptographically Secure PRNG?

18 votes

Are there hash algorithms with variable length output?

17 votes

What is the most practical fully homomorphic cryptosystem?

17 votes

Why is OCB-AES mode not becoming a standard for authenticated encryption?

17 votes
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How to derive two keys from one password

17 votes

How to do a literature search

14 votes
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Deriving Keys for Symmetric Encryption and Authentication

14 votes
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How broken is a xor of two LCGs?

14 votes
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Storing Credentials for a Third Party

13 votes
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Cryptographically secure keyed rolling hash function

13 votes

Pen-and-paper one-way function for externally-anonymous survey

13 votes

Finding a keylength in a repeating key XOR cipher

13 votes
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Are picture files "random enough" to be usable as a one-time pad?

12 votes
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A timestamping authority (digital notary)

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