The Theory of Hash Functions and Random Oracles: An Approach to Modern Cryptography

by Marc Fischlin and Arno Mittelbach

Book Overview

Hash functions are the cryptographer's Swiss Army knife. Even though they play an integral part in today's cryptography, existing textbooks discuss hash functions only in passing and instead often put an emphasis on other primitives like encryption schemes. In this book the authors take a different approach and place hash functions at the center. The result is not only an introduction to the theory of hash functions and the random oracle model...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030632865
• ISBN13: 9783030632861
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 788 Pages
• Weight: 2.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"