One-Way Functions - Mind the Trap - Escape Only for the Initiated

Rüdiger Reischuk, Markus Hinkelmann

Abstract

The authors present one-way functions, which play an important role in cryptography. A one-way function can be computed efficiently, but its inverse is very difficult to compute. Like most cryptographic algorithms these functions rely on findings from number theory. For example, two prime numbers of several hundred digits can be multiplied very quickly by a computer, however, given only the product of these numbers, it is extremely difficult to factorize the product into the two prime factors.
OriginalspracheEnglisch
TitelAlgorithms Unplugged
Redakteure/-innenBerthold Vöcking, Helmut Alt, Martin Dietzfelbinger, Rüdiger Reischuk, Christian Scheideler, Heribert Vollmer, Dorothea Wagner
Seitenumfang9
ErscheinungsortBerlin, Heidelberg
Herausgeber (Verlag)Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erscheinungsdatum12.2011
Seiten131-139
ISBN (Print)978-3-642-15327-3
ISBN (elektronisch)978-3-642-15328-0
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 12.2011

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