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The blockchain: hashing, Merkle trees and proof of work

Cryptographie – Applications4 exercises

Why a blockchain is tamper-evident

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The hash at the top of the tree

What makes proof of work secure

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Why rewriting history is infeasible

One-way functions: the foundations

Cryptographie – Fondamentaux4 exercises

Recognizing a one-way function

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The name of the secret

The consequences of P = NP

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Unconditional versus computational

Kerckhoffs's principle and secure design

Cryptographie – Fondamentaux4 exercises

What does Kerckhoffs's principle say?

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The only secret element

Why not create your own crypto?

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The danger of obscurity as the sole foundation

Side-channel attacks

Cryptographie – Attaques4 exercises

What does a side-channel attack target?

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The countermeasure to timing attacks

What power consumption and cache reveal

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Proven secure, broken anyway

Attacks on RSA

Cryptographie – Attaques4 exercises

The flaw of textbook RSA

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The safe padding

Recognising the attack and its cause

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Why deterministic RSA is dangerous

Quantum key distribution (BB84)

Cryptographie – Quantique4 exercises

The physical foundation of BB84

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What is kept after reconciliation?

How to detect an eavesdropper

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QKD versus post-quantum cryptography