Cryptographic Foundations·Lesson 2 of 28·11 min
Collision Resistance and One-Way Functions
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The concept The previous lesson showed what a hash does. This one explains why it can be trusted. Two formal properties separate a cryptographically secure hash function from a toy one: Pre-image resistance (one-wayness): given a hash output H, there is no feasible way to find an input M such that hash(M) = H, other than trying inputs one by……
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