Cryptography General Interview Questions
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What is a hard problem ?

1531

What is a one-way function ?

TCS,

2013

What is the factoring problem ?

TCS,

1440

What are the best factoring methods in use today ?

TCS,

1644

What improvements are likely in factoring capability ?

1367

What is the discrete logarithm problem ?

1456

What are the best discrete logarithm methods in use today ?

CTS,

1491

What are the prospects for a theoretical breakthrough in the discrete log problem ?

1409

What are elliptic curves ?

1427

What are lattice-based cryptosystems ?

1446

What are some other hard problems ?

1521

What is cryptanalysis ?

1454

What are some of the basic types of cryptanalytic attack ?

1301

What are the most important attacks on MACs ?

1451

At what point does an attack become practical ?

1365


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What are proactive security techniques ?

2052


What are the prospects for a theoretical breakthrough in the discrete log problem ?

1409


What are the most important attacks on MACs ?

1451


Is the use of dsa covered by any patents?

494


What is seal?

482






What is shamirs secret sharing scheme?

479


What other stream ciphers are there?

465


Which cryptographic mechanism provides non-repudiation?

1464


What is SecurPC ?

1570


What happens if I lose my private key?

473


What is DNA computing ?

2828


How does the Clipper chip work?

505


What are the shrinking and self-shrinking generators?

412


What is a compression function?

498


Which is easier, factoring or discrete log?

482