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Key that is easy to break with a specific cipher
In cryptography, a weak key is a key, which, used with a specific cipher, makes the cipher behave in some undesirable way. Weak keys usually represent a very small fraction of the overall keyspace, which usually means that, a cipher key made by random number generation is very unlikely to give rise to a security problem. Nevertheless, it is considered desirable for a cipher to have no weak keys. A cipher with no weak keys is said to have a flat, or linear, key space. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Weak keyA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Experimental Single-Photon Quantum Key Distribution Surpassing the Fundamental Weak Coherent-State Rate LimitInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Financial managementThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Efficient and secure authenticated key exchange using weak passwordsCited 67 times
- Go sideways: Blowfish (cipher)A closely related topic
- Go sideways: Block cipherA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Efficient and secure authenticated key exchange using weak passwords
Weak keys in the McEliece public-key cryptosystem
Weak randomness seriously limits the security of quantum key distribution
Security of quantum key distribution using weak coherent states with nonrandom phases
Shared authentication token secure against replay and weak key attacks
The special mode as a key to understand weak decay mechanisms
Weak randomness impacts the security of reference-frame-independent quantum key distribution
Weak-Key Analysis for BIKE Post-Quantum Key Encapsulation Mechanism
🆕 Influential since 2022
Experimental Single-Photon Quantum Key Distribution Surpassing the Fundamental Weak Coherent-State Rate Limit
P-glycoprotein (ABCB1) - weak dipolar interactions provide the key to understanding allocrite recognition, binding, and transport
Weak Randomness Analysis of Measurement-Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution with Finite Resources
Efficient frame synchronization using a weak coherent state for continuous-variable quantum key distribution
Weak fault detection with a two-stage key frequency focusing model
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Financial managementUnited States. General Accounting Office · 1987
- 📕Forest ServiceUnited States. General Accounting Office · 1988
- 📕Information securityUnited States. General Accounting Office · 1987
God's master plan for your lifeGloria Copeland · 2008- 📕General Services AdministrationUnited States. General Accounting Office · 1998
- 📕Strong Boy, Weak ManEarl Robert Key · 2008
- 📕Information securityUnited States. Government Accountability Office · 2010
The promise of IsraelDaniel Gordis · 2012
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