Hens and Roosters crypto/web chall from UMassCTF 2026#81
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FlyN-Nick wants to merge 6 commits intoCUCTF:mainfrom
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Hens and Roosters crypto/web chall from UMassCTF 2026#81FlyN-Nick wants to merge 6 commits intoCUCTF:mainfrom
FlyN-Nick wants to merge 6 commits intoCUCTF:mainfrom
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Looks good, one minor fixup and I think it is good to merge. Also fix your inline latex.
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| **The weak parameterization.** In this implementation, the public key matrices are constructed such that all entries $(P_i)_{jk} \in \mathbb{F}_2 \subseteq \mathbb{F}_{2^7}$ — i.e., every coefficient is either 0 or 1. This is the root cause of the vulnerability. |
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Explain this a bit, why does this hold. Maybe point to the code
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