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András Novoszáth
András Novoszáth

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◼️48/100 Block-by-Block: Randomness and entropy in cryptography

One thing I learned about: Randomness and entropy in cryptography

  • Entropy: Amount of non-redundant information in some data

  • Randomness: Unpredictability of this information

Key size provides the highest possible entropy of a cryptographic key.

But, this assumes perfectly random keys. Less random keys have less entropy.

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