Re: A-B-a-b encryption

2003-11-17 Thread Jeremiah Rogers
On Nov 16, 2003, at 12:24 PM, lrk wrote: "Stupid crypto", probably. Unless I'm missing something, this only works if A(A(M)) = M. Symetric crypto, not just symetric keys. NEVER willingly give the cryptanalyst the same message encrypted with the same system using two different keys. For the simple

Re: A-B-a-b encryption

2003-11-17 Thread Jeremiah Rogers
This is Shamir's Three-Pass Protocol, described in section 22.3 of Schneier. It requires a commutative cryptosystem. - Jeremiah Rogers - The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography&

origin of SHA 224 initial hash values

2003-12-06 Thread Jeremiah Rogers
I'm having trouble pinpointing the origin of the initial hash values for SHA 224 and, for that matter, 128. These values are defined as hex representations of cube roots of primes for sha-1 of lengths 256, 384 and 512, but I can't find where they were obtained for the shorter lengths. Thanks

Re: Feature or Flaw?

2005-07-05 Thread Jeremiah Rogers
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Re: Java: Helping the world build bigger idiots

2005-09-20 Thread Jeremiah Rogers
t ended up with so many that he realised this > usage must be relatively common. > > Peter. > > - > The Cryptography Mailing List > Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Fermat's primality test vs. Miller-Rabin

2005-11-08 Thread Jeremiah Rogers
ng to generate a power of "a" that is congruent to 1. The "n" vs "n-1" distinction appears only when discussing if "x^2 - 1 = 0 (mod n)". This is why M-R fails for "n=2". -- Jeremiah Rogers - The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Fermat's primality test vs. Miller-Rabin

2005-11-10 Thread Jeremiah Rogers
ication of the Fermat test [1]. [1] http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/millerRabin.html -- Jeremiah Rogers - The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]