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I am generating a 2048-bit safe prime for a Diffie-Hellman-type key, p such that p and (p-1)/2 are both prime.
How few iterations of Rabin-Miller can I use on both p and (p-1)/2 and still be confident of a cryptographically strong key? In the research I've done I've heard everything from 6 to 6...
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On [main], you are expected to write proper English (as advertised on [english.se]), but here on [metaso] it's more important to have freehand circles, so please [edit] your post, otherwise I'll have to flag you (see ...
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I wanted to know whether its possible to get the MAC address of remote node (computer/Access Point) if I know its IP address.
I have heard that if someone sends you an email (even through gmail), you can find out the IP address (using the email headers), get the MAC address, and find out the exa...
Let me preface what will probably be a longish answer with "There is no simple solution".
Solving this will take some strategic work (which is why I recommended not moving this to SF).
Now I will explain why.
Windows, at its core, is mostly based on the DAC model of access control.
Everythin...
I am Administrator. Also the "big" administrator net user Administrator /active. But I have no access to my own files.
First let me say what I've done:
I copied some files from one computer over LAN to the other. The I found out, that this computer has no access to a few (about 25 files), I've ...
This is for a Windows 7 Ultimate system, which is not a member of a domain.
When I log into the system locally, I am required to either manually enter my user ID or authenticate with biometrics. The system does not display my username on the Welcome screen at boot-up, or when the session is loc...
How does this guy get these cables? Are those cables routed through a single node, where this guy got it? If so, How it is possible? I mean, how that single point came under the control of Julian Assange? If not, then how did he get them? Didn't they encrypted?
Thanks a lot.
This is going to branch into a bunch of seperate questions.....here is some background for the question:
The Rijndael algorithm was crowned the new AES by Uncle Sam for sensitive, but unclassified info (128-256 key+block sizes through 10-14 rounds) . The Kerckhoff school of thought is "Let the a...
