Omit IV for AES128-CBC when requiring to always get the same ciphertext encrypting random IDs

Imagine having images stored in a system with their 256 bit hash (BLAKE2b) as their unique ID. We want to produce a URL for each image, something like:
https://host/images/cleartext-image-ID

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Lattice-Based Cryptosystems and Quantum Cryptanalysis

Quantum computers are probably coming, though we don’t know when—and when they arrive, they will, most likely, be able to break our standard public-key cryptography algorithms. In anticipation of this possibility, cryptographers have been working on quantum-resistant public-key algorithms. The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) has been hosting a competition since 2017, and there already are several proposed standards. Most of these are based on lattice problems.

The mathematics of lattice cryptography revolve around combining sets of vectors—that’s the lattice—in a multi-dimensional space. These lattices are filled with multi-dimensional periodicities. The …

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How FHE Technology Is Making End-to-End Encryption a Reality

By Uzair Amir
Is End-to-End Encryption (E2EE) a Myth? Traditional encryption has vulnerabilities. Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) offers a new hope…
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