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Solutions to the matasano challenge

Matasano Challenges

Solutions to the matasano challenge: http://cryptopals.com

Set 1 - Basics

1. Convert hex to base64
2. Fixed XOR
3. Single-byte XOR cipher
4. Detect single-character XO
5. Implement repeating-key XOR
6. Break repeating-key XOR
7. AES in ECB mode
8. Detect AES in ECB mode

Set 2 - Block crypto

9. Implement PKCS#7 padding
10. Implement CBC mode
11. An ECB/CBC detection oracle
12. Byte-at-a-time ECB decryption (Simple)
13. ECB cut-and-paste
14. Byte-at-a-time ECB decryption (Harder)
15. PKCS#7 padding validation
16. CBC bitflipping attacks

Set 3 - Block and stream crypto

17. The CBC padding oracle
18. Implement CTR, the stream cipher mode
19. Break fixed-nonce CTR mode using substitions
20. Break fixed-nonce CTR statistically
21. Implement the MT19937 Mersenne Twister RNG
22. Crack an MT19937 seed
23. Clone an MT19937 RNG from its output
24. Create the MT19937 stream cipher and break it

Set 4 - Stream crypto and randomness

25. Break "random access read/write" AES CTR
26. CTR bitflipping
27. Recover the key from CBC with IV=Key
28. Implement a SHA-1 keyed MAC
29. Break a SHA-1 keyed MAC using length extension
30. Break an MD4 keyed MAC using length extension
31. Implement and break HMAC-SHA1 with an artificial timing leak
32. Break HMAC-SHA1 with a slightly less artificial timing leak

Set 5 - Diffie-Hellman and friends

33. Implement Diffie-Hellman
34. Implement a MITM key-fixing attack on Diffie-Hellman with parameter injection
35. Implement DH with negotiated groups, and break with malicious "g" parameters
36. Implement Secure Remote Password (SRP)
37. Break SRP with a zero key
38. Offline dictionary attack on simplified SRP
39. Implement RSA
40. Implement an E=3 RSA Broadcast attack

Set 6 - RSA and DSA

41. Implement unpadded message recovery oracle
42. Bleichenbacher's e=3 RSA Attack
43. DSA key recovery from nonce
44. DSA nonce recovery from repeated nonce
45. DSA parameter tampering
46. RSA parity oracle
47. Bleichenbacher's PKCS 1.5 Padding Oracle (Simple Case)
48. Bleichenbacher's PKCS 1.5 Padding Oracle (Complete Case)

Set 7 - Hashes

49. CBC-MAC Message Forgery
50. Hashing with CBC-MAC
51. Compression Ratio Side-Channel Attacks
52. Iterated Hash Function Multicollisions
53. Kelsey and Schneier's Expandable Messages
54. Kelsey and Kohno's Nostradamus Attack
55. MD4 Collisions
56. RC4 Single-Byte Biases