Cryptography General Interview Questions
Questions Answers Views Company eMail

What is a hard problem ?

1725

What is a one-way function ?

TCS,

2192

What is the factoring problem ?

TCS,

1636

What are the best factoring methods in use today ?

TCS,

1823

What improvements are likely in factoring capability ?

1585

What is the discrete logarithm problem ?

1695

What are the best discrete logarithm methods in use today ?

CTS,

1755

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

1595

What are elliptic curves ?

1611

What are lattice-based cryptosystems ?

1616

What are some other hard problems ?

1707

What is cryptanalysis ?

1640

What are some of the basic types of cryptanalytic attack ?

1508

What are the most important attacks on MACs ?

1682

At what point does an attack become practical ?

1552


Post New Cryptography General Questions

Un-Answered Questions { Cryptography General }

How do elliptic curve cryptosystems compare with other cryptosystems ?

1522


What are some of the basic types of cryptanalytic attack ?

1508


What happens if I lose my private key?

712


What is blowfish?

700


How does the Clipper chip work?

742


What are pseudo-collisions?

654


What is the current status of DSS?

674


What is identification ?

2239


What is the significance of one-way functions for cryptography?

672


What are the shrinking and self-shrinking generators?

631


What is safer?

670


Is RSA a de facto standard? Why is a de facto standard important?

661


What are proactive security techniques ?

2227


Is cryptography patentable in the U.S.?

673


What are certificates?

689