For those of you who might think the term “quantum” is just nerd jargon from a sci-fi thriller, let me break it down for you in plain English. Classic computers, like the one I’m typing this on, use bits as the smallest unit of data, represented by 1s and 0s. Quantum computers...
They require near-zero temperatures to function — like space-cold temperatures; also, Qubits themselves make tightrope walking look simple, susceptible to falling our of coherence (the fancy term we use when they lose their precious data-superposition-magic). ...
meaning that if I gave you two hashes, there is no way to gain any sort of information whatsoever about whether the two inputs are related (another googlable term for thisasis"avalanche effect").
By any definition of the term, this is a huge result. There are three reasons not to panic: The attack exploits the fact that the key schedule for 256-bit version is pretty lousy—something we pointed out in our 2000 paper—but doesn’t extend to AES with a 128-bit key. It’s a...
At Eurocrypt’ 94, Stefano D’Amiano and Giovanni Di Crescenzo presented a proto- col for untraceable electronic cash based on non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs of knowl- edge with preprocessing. It was supposed to be provably secure given this and a few other general cryptographic tools. ...
(UICC) containing at least a SIM and a USIM application. UICC is the smart card used in mobile terminals in most contemporary GSM and UMTS networks. The term “SIM card” is intended to encompass all of the above-described types of smart cards and other similar technology. Similarly, the ...
However, the main concern regarding the standard of confidentiality is that there are no specific provisions for long-term privacy. In fact, standard No. 19 is meant to apply “throughout the entire procedure: in the pre-voting stage (e.g. transmitting of PINs, or electronic tokens to vote...
Just a explanation regarding the term “probability” used by me before I carry on. It is my way of estimating the probability or of me changing my belief in light of new evidence. Again I am sorry for not making that clear earlier. ...