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Weak key

In cryptography, a weak key is a key, which, used with a specific cipher, makes the cipher behave in some undesirable way. Weak keys usually represent a very small fraction of the overall keyspace, which usually means that, a cipher key made by random number generation is very unlikely to give rise to a security problem. Nevertheless, it is considered…

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Historical origins

Weak keys in DES

No weak keys as a design goal

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Weak key

Nodes31
Edges30
Triples42
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.064516
Components1

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Weak key

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related to List of algorithms with weak keys · 28
Weak key → AES-GCM, Alex Halderman, ARC4 DMRA DMR, August, Blowfish, Blowfish's, Blowfish's S-boxes, DES, DSA, Eric Wustrow, Frequently, GMAC, IDEA, IDEA's, Nadia Heninger, RC4, RC4's, RSA, S-boxes, SSH
related to Weak keys in DES · 5
Weak key → DES, In, The, These, This
related to Historical origins · 4
Weak key → Some, The, The T52, Virtually
related to No weak keys as a design goal · 4
Weak key → An, As, DES, The
is a · 1
Weak key → key

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keys weak key des cipher used number also semi-weak one subkeys since keyspace block machine encryption produce generated small security

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Weak keyis akey0.90text
Weak keyrelated to Historical originsVirtually0.60section
Weak keyrelated to Historical originsSome0.60section
Weak keyrelated to Historical originsThe0.60section
Weak keyrelated to Historical originsThe T520.60section
Weak keyrelated to List of algorithms with weak keysDES0.60section
Weak keyrelated to List of algorithms with weak keysRC40.60section
Weak keyrelated to List of algorithms with weak keysRC4's0.60section
Weak keyrelated to List of algorithms with weak keysWEP0.60section
Weak keyrelated to List of algorithms with weak keysARC4 DMRA DMR0.60section
Weak keyrelated to List of algorithms with weak keysIDEA0.60section
Weak keyrelated to List of algorithms with weak keysIDEA's0.60section

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