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AES 256 decryption where passphrase is a file [closed]

I got an assignment to decrypt a binary file which is encrypted using aes. I have 32 byte binary file which is a key for decryption. I know how to decrypt if the key is a passphrase by using ...
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AES in CTR mode with same random IV to create same ciphertext

I am currently working on a little project. I am trying to generate an AES key with that I would like to encrypt a private RSA key. I have to do it this way. However, I do not want to save the AES ...
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Cascading Encryption Algorithm using mcrypt or GnuGP

I'm trying to a cascading cipher encryption algorithm to encrypt a textfile via mcrypt. I'm essentially trying to emulate the behavior of TrueCrypt, where it can cascade two or three different cipher ...
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Questions to hybrid encryption. RSA with AES

I want to use a hybrid encryption in my application, so after reading a lot of lines I ended with this implemantation, please critizie it ;) (I want to stick to .Net) byte[] aesKey = ...
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Where do I securely store application-specific symmetric key?

I am writing an application App1. This application uses SQLite database and I plan to encrypt it using AES256. For symmetric encryption I need a key, which I need to store somewhere. From a similar ...
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Is it possible that AES could be broken? [closed]

Much like DES was broken for years, but never truly released to the public until quite some time later. I know that AES was more open to the public when it was initially developed, and many proposed ...
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Can active attacks really decrypt a particular AES-256, CBC, PKCS#7 encrypted file?

I recently found out that active attacks are a threat against AES-256, CBC mode, padded with PKCS#7 (the CBC mode in particular. I should supposedly change to EAX to guard against these attacks). ...
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How less secure is an encryption if we know something about the original data?

I have a number of files encrypted with a key derived from a password. In line with standard practice, I use a random salt and password and do many PBKDF2 iterations to obtain an encryption key and ...
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How does PKCS#7 padding work with AES-256, CBC mode?

I'm a bit confused with AES-256, CBC, and how it works with padding (PKCS#7). Whenever I encrypt data of multiples of 16 bytes (the block size), extra 16 bytes are always padded at the end. For ...
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Is it safe to have the salt equal to IV?

If I'm using AES-256 CBC to encrypt, getting the 32 byte key using multiple iterations of the PBKDF2 function with a 16 byte salt, is it safe for me to let IV be equal to the salt? (Edit: The salt is ...
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AES encrypt secret key with plaintext

We need to be able to retrieve password. Hashing is one-way, we can't do that. So we ended up using AES. We want to know if the following schema is safe or not. I am only familiar with modulo PK ...
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Slow down symetric encryption

I'm developing a program in Java. In one step data should be encrypted and exported in a file. As of now we are encrypting in AES-256 I want to slow down a possible brute force attack as much as ...
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AES CBC padding when the message length is a multiple of the block size

Assuming that a 32-byte plaintext is encrypted by AES 128 CBC - is it mandatory to add 16-byte padding, according to the different padding schemes?
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How to correctly implement AES in a backup application

I am writing a back-up application which should have the feature of encrypting the back-up. It must encrypt file data, paths and filenames. The application is being written in C# (.NET). Target is ...
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Security of bcrypt/sha256 key used with AES to encrypt a file

I'm looking to encrypt files using secure hashing and encryption algorithms in Python. Having used bcrypt in the past, I decided to use it for my passphrase calculator, then pass the output through ...
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Need advice on Cryptography digital files project

I have to choose a topic for my end-of-year school project and I need some advice. I was thinking of implementing an online tutorial materials (digital files) project. I have been researching on ...
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Implementation review - Independent key, admin side and user side

The admin of the website needs to read user data. So, if the key is derived from the user pass, then the admin has to know the user pass, not exactly a good idea. The following encryption scheme was ...
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openssl: recover key and IV by passphrase

A large amount of files were encrypted by openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -pass pass:MYPASSWORD Openssl should derive key+IV from passphrase. I'd like to know key+IV equivalent of that MYPASSWORD. Is ...
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Pitfalls of SSD encryption

Encrypting an SSD is a process that is sometimes warned should be done with caution. E.g. http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/DM-Crypt_with_LUKS mentions how the SSD may keep hidden space used for wear ...
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Filling the disk with random data prior to encryption?

Filling the disk with random data prior to encrypting it will supposedly make it harder for the attacker to perform any cryptanalysis. Most sources seem to state this is because it will be harder for ...
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Security comparsion of 3DES and AES

Which one is more secure and least possible to be broken through cryptanalysis AES or 3DES (no matter performance)? I need to use encryption for my projects to store and secure sensitive information ...
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WPA2 Enterprise AES encryption key size?

I have recently set up a RADIUS server with EAP for my wireless router, however, I have some questions about the key size and how WPA2 enterprise (AES) works in general. I have read that in ...
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Design of Initialisation Vector

I understand that an IV (initialisation vector) should be both unique and unpredictable, but I have found little guidance as to which is most important. For an AES cipher I have a block size of 128 ...
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AES using derived keys / IVs. Does it introduce a weakness?

I'm looking for an efficient way to encrypt multiple fields in a database with AES using a single global key, used throughout a large web application. Obviously in order to re-use this key, a unique ...
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Can I encrypt a file incrementally?

Is there any way to encrypt a file incrementally? The problem is that I receive a file a chunk at a time via Internet (it's a client-server application and I send byte arrays via a WCF service) and I ...
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Android and AES side channel attacks

I am working on a project that will involve symmetric AES 128 bit encrypted communication between an Android application and a bluetooth device. Are there any public AES libraries available for ...
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How can I encrypt a file with .NET and have the same file size of the original file?

I'm using .NET and I've written an awesome routine (xD) that encrypts and decrypts a file using AES256 CBC. It works perfectly, but now they told me that the encrypted file must be of the same size of ...
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Is Aescrypt a valid tool for encryption or not?

I'd like to know if Aescrypt is a valid tool, or if for a very secure protection, the only choice is to use a software like gpg, or similar. More I've another curiosity, if one doesn't want to use ...
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How does Cipher Block Chaining relate to AES?

I was reading FIPS197 for a class (found here: http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/fips/fips197/fips-197.pdf ) trying to find some sort of specific relation between CBC and AES. I guess my problem is ...
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User data encryption/decryption in a database (PHP)

I was wondering which is the best way to encrypt and decrypt user data in a database, to make it much more secure as it is possible? I was reading about AES but I would like to know if is really the ...
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Wheres the salt on the openssl aes encryption?

Im interested in knowing how and where openssl inserts the generated salt on an AES encrypted data. Why? Im encrypting data in Java classes and need to guarantee that i can use openssl to decrypt them ...
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AES CBC over TCP - when is new IV needed

I am working on a project where two devices will be communicating with AES with CBC over TCP. We already have a secure mechanism for sharing the encryption/decryption key. I am not sure if we need to ...
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How secure is Intel SSD Encryption?

Are there any known flaws in the full disk encryption on Intel 520 series SSD drives? Specifically, it seems these drives generate an internal AES key automatically, even when no password is set. But ...
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Should WPA2-AES be presumed insecure? (What is the “Hole196” vulnerability?)

I saw it mentioned in an answer here about firesheep, but I've never heard of it -- Should WPA2 be presumed insecure?
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Does AES-192 provide better encryption than AES-256?

this wikipedia article describing AES says: Related-key attacks can break AES-192 and AES-256 with complexities 2^176 and 2^99.5, respectively. Does this mean that AES-256 is actually a weaker ...
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OpenSSL fails NIST AES-128-ECB test vectors?

I'm having trouble getting OpenSSL's ciphertext to match the NIST test vectors. Example : in "ecb_e_m.txt" from http://csrc.nist.gov/archive/aes/rijndael/rijndael-vals.zip, the first test is (in hex) ...
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Kik | WhatsApp - Encrypted? iOS / Android Message encryption tips [closed]

Kik says that their client is using ssl etc. But it's kind of hard to tell if the messages is actually encrypted between the devices. What i can understand is that they don't got device-to-device ...
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Protecting passphrases within an application

First off, I'm not very familiar with encryption best-practices. My use-case is simple: I'm creating an application that will be reading encrypted documents and decrypting them dynamically to do some ...
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Is multiple encryption a good idea?

I know that many encryption algorithms, while secure, have vulnerabilities. To reduce risks, would multiple encryption like this Blowfish_CbC ( Rc2_OFB ( AES128_CBC (myfilecontent))) be a good ...
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Using GPG or PGP for symmetric database encryption/decryption in c# [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Using GPG or PGP for symmetric database encryption/decryption in c# I am looking to symmetrically encrypt/decrypt information in a database. This info consists of short ...
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Using GPG or PGP for symmetric database encryption/decryption in c#

I am looking to symmetrically encrypt/decrypt information in a database. This info consists of short pieces of information, which need to be individually encrypted when a specific method is called. I ...
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When using AES and CBC, is it necessary to keep the IV secret?

If I encrypt some data with a randomly generated Key and Initialization Vector, then store all three pieces of information in the same table row; is it necessary to encrypt the IV as well as the Key? ...
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Verify Login and Encrypt with PBKDF2

I'm writing a desktop application where I'm using PBKDF2 to generate an encryption key to AES-128 encrypt the config file. The config file contains a crypo-random key that's been used to encrypt the ...
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What's the advantage of using PBKDF2 vs SHA256 to generate an AES encryption key from a passphrase?

I'm looking at two comprable pieces of software which need to encrypt data on disk using a passphrase. One uses PBKDF2 to generate the encryption key from a passphrase, while the other uses two rounds ...
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Is AES slower to encrypt than MD5?

Is this the right interperation of this diagram: http://www.cryptopp.com/benchmarks.html AES/CCM MiB/Second:61 Cycles Per Byte:28.6 MD5 MiB/Second:255 Cycles Per Byte:6.8 And does that ...
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Using PBKDF2 with AES and SHA2

I use the following inputs to encrypt using AES: UserPassword (plain text) SecretKey RandomIV I use the following inputs to encrypt using SHA512: UserPassword (plain text) RandomSalt I'd ...
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How to check for a key *and* store encrypted data?

I wish to create a system wherein I store encrypted data. Users can access this data if they have the key. If they give a wrong key, they don't get access at all. If they give the right key, they get ...
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Authenticated Encryption vs. contained and encrypted checksum/hash?

So I read through http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authenticated_encryption and http://www.cryptopp.com/wiki/Authenticated_Encryption and I don't seem to be following the concept. From the simple ...
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Does the endianness used with an encryption algorithm affect its security?

I'm implementing the AES block cipher, which reads/writes data in 16 byte blocks. The implementation I'm working with usually read data in the little endian format. But in my platform the endianness ...
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Hybrid key management doing it wrong?

I'm currently working on a project that needs be as secure as possible key-management. My experience with encryption, decryption and key-management are none whatsoever so i did some research on the ...

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