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Why AES is not used for secure hashing, instead of SHA-x?

encryption cryptography hash asked Oct 12, 2011 at 4:04
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What is the speed of "electricity"?

electromagnetism power-engineering energy electricity power-grid asked Oct 28, 2019 at 1:40
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What does "strongly happens before" mean?

c++ multithreading language-lawyer memory-model happens-before asked Nov 22, 2019 at 1:23
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What formally guarantees that non-atomic variables can't see out-of-thin-air values and create a data race like atomic relaxed theoretically can?

c++ multithreading language-lawyer stdatomic data-race asked Jun 19, 2019 at 18:41
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What is the best way to show a (long) number for comparison?

hash user-interface asked Dec 10, 2019 at 23:09
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Undead objects ([basic.life]/8): why is reference rebinding (and const modification) allowed?

c++ language-lawyer const lifetime placement-new asked Dec 12, 2019 at 6:31
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When is a memory_order_seq_cst fence useful?

c++ multithreading memory-barriers memory-model stdatomic asked Dec 13, 2019 at 4:44
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Producers consumers balance in the grid

power-engineering energy power-grid power-flow-analysis asked Oct 26, 2019 at 22:27
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5 votes

Is memory outside each core always conceptually flat/uniform/synchronous in a multiprocessor system?

memory cpu-architecture cpu-registers cpu-cache memory-barriers asked May 23, 2019 at 4:48
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When a union object is copied, is a member subobject created?

c++ language-lawyer unions memcpy object-lifetime asked Dec 8, 2019 at 2:44
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What's the advantage of using PBKDF2 vs SHA256 to generate an AES encryption key from a passphrase?
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In a templated derived class, why do I need to qualify base class member names with "this->" inside a member function?
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Weird use of `?:` in `typeid` code
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Deprecation of the static keyword... no more?
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Is there any technical security reason not to buy the cheapest SSL certificate you can find?
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Why is C++ allowing me to assign a const char to a const char *?​!
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Google Account: implications of using application-specific passwords
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What's the difference between 127.0.0.1 and 0.0.0.0?
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Why are passwords limited to 16 characters?
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Is it possible to easily retrieve Thunderbird's passwords with access to HDD?
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Why does this code segfault on 64-bit architecture but work fine on 32-bit?
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smart pointers + "this" considered harmful?
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Multiple inheritance and pure virtual functions
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C++ multiple inheritance and vtables
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Is it possible to deduce whether type is incomplete without compilation failure?
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Lessons learned and misconceptions regarding encryption and cryptology
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Why does the standard library require a strict weak ordering?
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Recompute Rainbow table with salt?
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Is the Web browser status bar always trustable?
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Are there vunerabilities with this authentication mechanism?
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Distinguish between Wi-Fi Captive portal and MitM attack
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Lifetime of object is over before destructor is called?
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What do the various browser "private modes" do?
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Does Tor Hidden Service Protocol provide more threat protection than a standard HTTPS session?
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Why is taking the address of a temporary illegal?
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Can the USB standard be altered to prevent the "firmware attack"?
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Why shared_ptr has an explicit constructor
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Reject IP packets with an ICMP error, or just drop them?
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How "enforcable" are email disclaimers
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