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What SSL options should not be used?

What SSL options should be avoided, due to recently discovered weaknesses? This might include symmetric algorithms, or MAC functions.
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What specific padding weakness does OAEP address in RSA?

It's been recommended to use OAEP when padding messages to be encrypted via RSA, to prevent known plain text attacks. Can someone elaborate this in better detail? I'd specifically like to know the ...
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Potential issues with Kim Dotcom's new proposed “encrypted webmail service”

Just spotted a Reddit thread about Kim Dotcom, of MegaUpload fame, planning to produce a secure webmail system that allows people to communicate securely, without the worry of having their messages ...
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How X509 Certificates are used for Encryption

I have small doubt regarding the process of X509. I am aware of OpenPGP Encryption/Decryption, where we generate the public key and private key. We can share the public key to vendors and they can ...
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Is a 512 bit RSA key secure when used temporary?

Is a 512 bit RSA key secure when a new key gets generated and used approximately once a week? The key is only used for signing messages, not for encrypting sensitive data. This is for a system where ...
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KDC(Key Distribution Center) vs Asymmetric Key Exchange

Today I was reading notes about cryptography and I came across a problem that exists in Symmetric Key encryption, which is how to share the secret key across the network. 1st Method : Make use of ...
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Why not use larger cipher keys?

RSA Security commonly uses keys of sizes 1024-bit, 2048-bit or even 3072-bit. And most Symmetric algorithms only between 112-bit and 256-bit. I do realize that the current keys are secure enough for ...
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ECDH is better than plain RSA? [closed]

RSALabs recommend using at least 4096 bit long RSA keys to encrypt emails but we have some performance difficulty with 4096 RSA. my noob question is what is ECDH (i didn't understood from wikipedia ...
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Principle of asymmetric algorithm in plain english

I was giving a presentation to my colleagues about cryptography basics in which I explained about asymmetric algorithm and its use. One of the common question from the audience about asymmetric ...
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Most efficient key algorithm for a TLS server key?

Let's assume I want to setup a HTTPS service on a modern-but-no-so-speedy x86 server without any form of hardware cryptographic accelerator. Which key algorithm should I choose for the server key in ...
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Shared Secret, is it a public key or a private key?

Reading the Diffie-Hellman non mathematical explanation i found that some mathematical operations are performed on private-key and the recipient's public key to generate a "shared secret" on both ends ...
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Is asymmetric encryption ever recommended for long-term storage?

Is asymmetric encryption ever recommended for long-term storage of data, is it advisable for example to store data in a database such that: 1) A user enters data on a website, it is encrypted using a ...
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Asymmetric crypto: Decrypt own messages without having private key

I have built a messages system for my website. Users can send the admin messages which are stored in the DB after being AES-encrypted. I think that using asymmetric crypto (RSA through openssl) ...
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Encrypting string in javascript and decryption in java

I would like to know if someone know any library to do encryption in javascript and decryption in java. I have already tried many API, But getting not not getting same values in java. I want ...