Cryptography
Stephen Touset
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225 Why is writing your own encryption discouraged? Jan 25 '17
71 SHA-512 faster than SHA-256? Jun 16 '15
67 Why do wireless keyboards only use 128-bit AES? Why not 256? Sep 13 '17
48 What is the difference between a HMAC and a hash of data? Feb 26 '13
37 What does it mean for a random number generator to be cryptographically secure? Aug 5 '16
30 Password hashing security of argon2 versus bcrypt/PBKDF2? Nov 23 '15
29 Is Encrypt+HMAC stronger than AEAD? Jan 22 '13
26 Storing Parameters In Argon2 Hash As Potential Security Issue? Feb 1 '17
22 Does the IV need to be known by AES (CBC mode)? Apr 8 '13
21 Why does the recommended key size between symmetric and asymmetric encryption differ greatly? Feb 4 '13
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