Questions tagged [cryptography]
Questions relating to cryptographic topics such as encryption/decryption and hashing. (Not for use with trivial ciphers.)
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Faster and cleaner SHA-1 leading zero histogram with Python
I've written a python code for finding the distribution of the leading zeros of SHA-1. Using random inputs and hashing than counting. Normally it is expected to fit the ...
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Simple Password Generator Feedback
This is my first major project in F#, looking for any critique on how I can make it more standard or more concise.
Some things I feel like I could have done better are the command flag parsing and the ...
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XOR Encryption, Decryption, and Cracking in Python
I have recently been working through a number of the Cryptopals Cryptography Challenges to try and improve my knowledge and understanding of both cryptography and Python. As five of the first six ...
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SHA-256 implementation in JS (core codes)
As told by experts, I am re-posting the code review request with the code.
Brief Description:
from outside sha256() will be called with parameter having UTF-16 character set.
then after prepareData()...
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Mail Crypt Library for encrypted email [REVISION]
This is a revised copy of the Mail Crypt library based on the recommendations from the last post, as well as reviewing recommendations from the first post that I misunderstood.
[Last post] Mail Crypt ...
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Encrypting file from source AEAD
I am trying to encrypt/decrypt file using source code directly. The issue is how to properly do it after reading the file.
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Mail Crypt CLI encrypted email wrapper for Gmail
I've spent the past few days writing a python based client that allows you to locally encrypt your message and send it through Gmail. The encryption scheme is based off of hybrid RSA/AES encryption, ...
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Python extended Euclidean algortihm + inverse modulo
I programmed the extended Euclidean algorithm together with the inverse modulo because I am making an RSA system from scratch. Any feedback regarding efficiency etc. is welcome :)
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Securely implementing AES/RSA hybrid crypto with PyCryptodome
I wondering if anyone could give me feedback on whether or not this is a secure way to implement AES/RSA hybrid encryption and signatures in python 3 with the PyCryptodome module.
All of the encoding ...
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A register of government decrees, authenticated with blockchain and public key cryptography (2)
This is a follow-up question to this question, having carried out some of the advise kindly provided by other users.
The full repo is here, but I'll post the most important extracts below.
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A register of government decrees, authenticated with blockchain and public key cryptography
The full repo is here, but I'll post the most important extracts below.
Background
I'm trying to get the hang of blockchain and public key cryptography, so I thought it would be fun to create a ...
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Automatically encrypting text editor
I have written an automatically encrypting text editor (github link). The reasons that I wrote this program instead of using vim + gpg are:
It's more convenient than vim + gpg (user only needs to ...
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Secrets management, operational security, keeping API tokens hidden while streaming
I've taken up code streaming and I'm concerned that as I do so, I'll leak an API token somewhere.
It was suggested that I use something like "a secrets.toml or secrets.yaml or secrets.json file." But ...
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XOR two files together
I am trying to XOR two files each 1Mb which contains only 0 and 1. It works, but I think it is very slow for the C++ program - approximately 4 sec.
Could someone, please, suggest the fastest XOR ...
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Java Cryptography AES/GCM/NoPadding without IV
I'm implementing a PAKE-protocol as a university project and one step of the protocol involves sending encrypted data from a key created via a hash function (I'm using SHA-256). I want to use AES/GCM ...
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Encrypt data before sending it to server in a way that makes it unreadable to anyone except the user who sent it
I don't have any experience in cryptography and I've written some crypto code that seem to be working, but I'm not sure if it safe and if the tools and methods I used are right.
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Make it ...
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Custom code for MD5 in js [closed]
I wanted to write my own code for md5 in javascript and learn its inner mechanics. (I know it is not trusted anymore, deprecated, ... but I'm just learning).
I didn't want to just copy the code that ...
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Inversionless Lenstra ECM running way slower than it should
So I was coding Inversionless ECM using Prime Numbers: A computational perspective and when I finished and tried running my program it ran way, way slower than it is supposed to. I have no idea what I ...
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Crypto createCipheriv and createDecipheriv for authentication
I'm not an expert in authentication, so I want to make sure I have done everything right.
I am using crypto.createCipheriv and ...
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Encrypting an AES key
This encryption class RSA encrypts an AES key and then when the encrypt method is called it decrypts the AES key and uses the key to encrypt the message and basically the same thing with the ...
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Validate implementation of ECIES
I've created a basic implementation of ECIES (Elliptic Curve Integrated Encryption Scheme) based on http://www.secg.org/sec1-v2.pdf section 5.1.
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Berlekamp–Massey Algorithm in Haskell
I was recently tasked to write an implementation of the Berlekamp–Massey algorithm (for GF2) from a given inductional proof and decided to fresh up on my Haskell, since converting a proof by induction ...
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Custom mini cipher
I'm a 14year old and still learning.
I know everyone says "don't roll your own crypto", however I decided I must make my own cipher in javascript as soon as I have enough knowledge.
I started simple ...
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Java RSA / AES-GCM encryption utility
I wrote a utility class that has simple methods for:
En/decrypting data with 256-bit AES-GCM using a password
Generating RSA keypair
Saving RSA keypair and storing private key encrypted
En/decrypting ...
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CypherVault - Command Line Password Manager
I have created a Python 3 password manager for API keys and social media passwords on local storage. The script is 500 lines and PEP8/PYLINT compliant, each definition contains a docstring and the ...
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SHA256 javascript implementation
I implemented a sha256 hash function for javascript just for a practice and I want to know if my code needs more improvement. Please tell me which to simplify if there's any. Thanks.
Here is my code:
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A better cryptography process
I am experimenting with cryptography and I was wondering if somebody has some suggestion how I could improve my code and methodology.
I want my process to generate more securely the cryptography ...
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Cryptopals first challenge - hexadecimal to base64
I've just started the cryptopals-challenge, and now wanted to show my solution to the first challenge here:
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Fleissner-Grille / Turning-Grille in Java
I've implemented the cryptographic method of the Fleissner-grille aka Turning-grille .
Here's the code:
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Decrypt multiple 10Mb files with defined password
One operation of my Android project is to decrypt one file (chosen in a set of ~30 files for pagination1) of ~10 Mb each and I do this with the following:
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Password hashing (PBKDF2) and RSA encrypt + AES 256 in Java
Here's what I could comprehend in C code:
Generates a key using PBKDF2
Generates an IV which is MD5 of PBKDF2 key in step #1
Does AES-256 encryption on customer-id - which is one of the output
RSA ...
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Understanding RSA key generation and implementation in Java
Here is an attempt to leverage Java's BigInteger class to implement the RSA algorithm, as well as md5 and sha512 hashing functions to generate keys for what I hope to be strong cryptography. My prayer ...
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Incremental, encrypted backups for git
I would appreciate any review of the following script I recently posted on GitHub (gitcrypto). Most notably, I would be interested in a review of the cryptographic aspects (I am not an expert in this ...
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CliwPw - Yet Another Python3 Password Manager
I wrote a (very) simply Python3 password manager to familiarize myself with Sqlite3, and for fun. I am aware that there are already a variety of password managers out there, but I wanted something ...
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A randomized encryption program
I have just created an encryption program with a friend. I wanted to know if anyone here could give me back any feedback on it.
Here is how the program works:
Imagine you want to encrypt the word '...
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SHA256 hash bruteforcer
I made a SHA256 hash bruteforcer as my first program in Rust. It's very specific to what I'm trying to bruteforce and I'll probably never find it.
I translated it from Python to make it faster, but ...
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Encrypt a file using Botan library
I need to build something that is not very complicated, but efficient. I don't have much time to debug.
I don't know if this method is strong enough to encrypt a data to be displayed in a Qr code.
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A Caesar cipher in Python3
This code basically just does a Caesar cipher on the contents of the variable "s" with a shift of 1.
Sorry if the comments on the code don't explain it well. I'm quite new to Python and I'm not very ...
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Fast symmetric key cryptography class
I am trying to build a fast cryptography algorithm. The algorithm works fine, but I am worried if there are any potential flaws that might make the algorithm vulnerable to any kind of attack. Here is ...
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XXTEA encryption implemented in modern C++
At the company i work we have a system where an user is presented with a question and some alternatives to choose from. The question and answers are generated at runtime. In order to simplify the ...
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Python Secure Implementation Of AES-256-CTR Using Cryptography.Hazmat
I've implemented a wrapper for AES 256 CTR mode using the cryptography.hazmat module, I am wondering if there are any vulnerabilities in my implementation, specifically about the counter and its ...
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Encrypting credit card data
I need an encryption algorithm that would be secure enough to store credit card data. So it should be reasonably secure.
Here's what I've come up with. I'd appreciate any constructive criticism.
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Small service for hashing and validating passwords, using PBKDF2
As part of a larger authentication/authorization system, I've developed a small .NET Core 3.0 service for hashing passwords using PBKDF2 (with a salt) and validating passwords against a stored hash/...
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Implement state eraser for NIST DRBG and other crypto primitives using macro
As a spare-time personal project, I'm implementing a set of symmetric-key cryptographic primitives.
One thing I've left vacant for a long time, is the key/state eraser, which I decide to add right ...
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C# Cryptography Interface
C# lacks a common off-the-shelf encryption and decryption interface for dependency injection. Nearly every codebase I've ever opened has a couple of extension methods for hashing strings and so on. ...
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Educational implementation of SHA256 in Rust
A few weeks ago I decided to have a look at the Rust programming language. After a few standard exercises I chose to try to implement the SHA256 hashing algorithm, because why not.
The algorithm's ...
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Data encryption / decryption on Node.js
I've implemented my first data encryption / decryption methods on Node.js.
Although it might look similar to hundreds of sample implementations available online, I'm curious to get a feedback.
I'm ...
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kryptein cryptography package for Node.js
I have written a cryptography NPM package called kruptein. The code is also hosted on GitHub.
Having used multiple "best practices" with regards to key management, algorithm selection, key size, iv ...
