Cryptography General Interview Questions
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What if users of RSA run out of distinct primes?

TCS,

693

Are certifying authorities susceptible to attack?

TCS,

693

How are certificates used?

TCS,

672

Should a public key or private key be shared among users?

TCS,

648

What key management issues are involved in public-key cryptography?

TCS,

640

What role does NIST play in cryptography?

TCS,

695

How can signatures remain valid beyond the expiration dates of their keys, or, How do you verify a 20-year-old signature?

TCS,

660

What happens if my private key is compromised?

TCS,

681

Who issues certificates and how?

TCS,

687

Does RSA help detect altered documents and transmission errors?

TCS,

728

What is authentication? What is a digital signature?

TCS,

669

Why is Clipper controversial?

TCS,

689

Who needs a key?

TCS,

719

How is RSA used for authentication in practice?

TCS,

722

How much extra message length is caused by using RSA?

TCS,

689


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What is NIST ?

1616


Can users of rsa run out of distinct primes?

725


How do digital timestamps support digital signatures?

707


What happens if my private key is compromised?

681


Which cryptologic mechanisms can be used to protect integrity?

2148


What are some of the basic types of cryptanalytic attack ?

1511


What are proactive security techniques ?

2234


Why is Clipper controversial?

689


Why use RSA rather than DES?

714


What is a one-way function ?

2197


Is cryptography exportable from the U.S.?

690


Who needs a key?

719


What is authentication? What is a digital signature?

669


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

674


What is blakleys secret sharing scheme?

655