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30 Why do some people believe that humans are “bad at” generating random numbers/characters like this? Feb 4
12 Why does SSH authentication protocol send a challenge message instead of using digital signature to verify client Dec 26 '19
11 Encryption and decryption with Diffie-Hellman Jun 8 '20
7 Which attacks are prevented by the different initial hash values for SHA-2 with truncated output? Jul 20 '18
6 What is the sponge construction in simple terms? Aug 6 '20
6 How to calculate the odds of finding “20” at least three times in a sha256 string? Sep 22 '20
4 Possible issues with ECIES using a static (non-ephemeral) sender key Jun 2 '20
3 Using nested signatures to trust public key of inner signatures Jul 20 '18
3 Is it fair to say that MACs use a signing algorithm? Jul 2 '20
3 How exactly is signature verification done in SSH v2 authentication? Jul 15 '20
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