Fast accumulated hashing

  • Kaisa Nyberg
Hash Functions
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Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 1039)

Abstract

A new non-trapdoor accumulator for cumulative hashing is introduced. It can be efficiently realized in practise using existing cryptographic hash algorithms and pseudorandom sequence generators. The memory requirement is less than in comparable signature-based solutions.

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    K. Nyberg, Commutativity in cryptography. In: Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Functional Analysis at Trier University, Walter de Gruyter & Co, Berlin (to appear).Google Scholar

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© Springer-Verlag 1996

Authors and Affiliations

  • Kaisa Nyberg
    • 1
  1. 1.Communications and Information Systems DivisionFinnish Defence ForcesFinland

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