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220 Why is writing your own encryption discouraged? Jan 25 '17
66 Why do wireless keyboards only use 128-bit AES? Why not 256? Sep 13 '17
62 SHA512 faster than SHA256? Jun 16 '15
38 What is the difference between a HMAC and a hash of data? Feb 26 '13
29 What does it mean for a random number generator to be cryptographically secure? Aug 5 '16
28 Is Encrypt+HMAC stronger than AEAD? Jan 22 '13
25 Password hashing security of argon2 versus bcrypt/PBKDF2? Nov 23 '15
24 Storing Parameters In Argon2 Hash As Potential Security Issue? Feb 1 '17
21 Why does the recommended key size between symmetric and asymmetric encryption differ greatly? Feb 4 '13
18 Does the IV need to be known by AES (CBC mode)? Apr 8 '13
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