Exam 212-81 Topic 13 Question 72 Discussion

Actual exam question for EC-COUNCIL's 212-81 exam
Question #: 72
Topic #: 13
A simple algorithm that will take the initial key and from that generate a slightly different key each round.

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Key Schedule
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_schedule
In cryptography, the so-called product ciphers are a certain kind of cipher, where the (de-)ciphering of data is typically done as an iteration of rounds. The setup for each round is generally the same, except for round-specific fixed values called a round constant, and round-specific data derived from the cipher key called a round key. A key schedule is an algorithm that calculates all the round keys from the key.
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Feistel Network - (also known as Luby-Rackoff block cipher) is a symmetric structure used in the construction of block ciphers, named after the German-born physicist and cryptographer Horst Feistel who did pioneering research while working for IBM (USA).
SHA-2 - (Secure Hash Algorithm 2) is a set of cryptographic hash functions designed by the United States National Security Agency (NSA) and first published in 2001. They are built using the Merkle-Damgard structure, from a one-way compression function itself built using the Davies-Meyer structure from a specialized block cipher.
Diffie-Hellman - key exchange is a method of securely exchanging cryptographic keys over a public channel and was one of the first public-key protocols as conceived by Ralph Merkle and named after Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman.

by Hardy at Sep 15, 2024, 11:46 PM

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