Omega network hash construction

Cryptographic hash functions are very common and important cryptographic primitives. They are commonly used for data integrity checking and data authentication. Their architecture is based on the Merkle-Damgard construction, which takes in a variablelength input and produces a fixed-length hash v...

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Main Author:	Chuah, Chai Wen
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2009
Subjects:	QA76 Computer software
Online Access:	http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3706/1/24p%20CHUAH%20CHAI%20WEN.pdf
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spelling	my-uthm-ep.37062022-02-03T01:59:03Z Omega network hash construction 2009-11 Chuah, Chai Wen QA76 Computer software Cryptographic hash functions are very common and important cryptographic primitives. They are commonly used for data integrity checking and data authentication. Their architecture is based on the Merkle-Damgard construction, which takes in a variablelength input and produces a fixed-length hash value. The basic Merkle-Damgard construction runs over the input sequentially, which can lead to problems when the input size is large since the computation time increases linearly. Therefore, an alternative architecture which can reduce the computation time is needed, especially in today's world where multi-core processors and multithreaded programming are common. An Omega Network Hash Construction that can run parallel on multi-core machine has been proposed as alternative hash function's construction. The Omega Network Hash Construction performs better than the Merkle-Damgard construction, and its permutation architecture shows that its security level in term of producing randomness digest value is better than Merkle-Damgard construction. 2009-11 Thesis http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3706/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3706/1/24p%20CHUAH%20CHAI%20WEN.pdf text en public mphil masters Universiti Sains Malaysia School of Science Computer
institution	Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
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description	Cryptographic hash functions are very common and important cryptographic primitives. They are commonly used for data integrity checking and data authentication. Their architecture is based on the Merkle-Damgard construction, which takes in a variablelength input and produces a fixed-length hash value. The basic Merkle-Damgard construction runs over the input sequentially, which can lead to problems when the input size is large since the computation time increases linearly. Therefore, an alternative architecture which can reduce the computation time is needed, especially in today's world where multi-core processors and multithreaded programming are common. An Omega Network Hash Construction that can run parallel on multi-core machine has been proposed as alternative hash function's construction. The Omega Network Hash Construction performs better than the Merkle-Damgard construction, and its permutation architecture shows that its security level in term of producing randomness digest value is better than Merkle-Damgard construction.
format	Thesis
qualification_name	Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.)
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Chuah, Chai Wen
author_facet	Chuah, Chai Wen
author_sort	Chuah, Chai Wen
title	Omega network hash construction
title_short	Omega network hash construction
title_full	Omega network hash construction
title_fullStr	Omega network hash construction
title_full_unstemmed	Omega network hash construction
title_sort	omega network hash construction
granting_institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department	School of Science Computer
publishDate	2009
url	http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3706/1/24p%20CHUAH%20CHAI%20WEN.pdf
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