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Discrete Applied Mathematics
Volume 155, Issue 16, 1 October 2007, Pages 2174-2180
 
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Construction of universal one-way hash functions: Tree hashing revisited

Palash SarkarCorresponding Author Contact Information, a, E-mail The Corresponding Author

aApplied Statistics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, 203, B.T. Road, Kolkata 700108, India

Received 16 February 2004; 
revised 14 May 2007; 
accepted 14 May 2007. 
Available online 24 May 2007.

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Abstract

We present a binary tree based parallel algorithm for extending the domain of a universal one-way hash function (UOWHF). For tgreater-or-equal, slanted2, our algorithm extends the domain from the set of all n-bit strings to the set of all ((2t-1)(n-m)+m)-bit strings, where m is the length of the message digest. The associated increase in key length is 2m bits for t=2; m(t+1) bits for 3less-than-or-equals, slanttless-than-or-equals, slant6 and m×(t+left floorlog2(t-1)right floor) bits for tgreater-or-equal, slanted7.

Keywords: Cryptographic hash functions; UOWHF; Binary tree; Parallel computation

Article Outline

1. Introduction
2. Preliminaries
3. Known constructions
3.1. Sequential construction
3.2. Tree based construction
4. Improved tree based construction
4.1. Improvement on Algorithm ITC for t=5,6
5. Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References

Discrete Applied Mathematics
Volume 155, Issue 16, 1 October 2007, Pages 2174-2180
 
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