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Comparing With RSA
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Abstract: | A multi-set (MS) is a set where an element can occur more than once. MS hash functions (MSHFs) map MSs of arbitrary cardinality to fixed-length strings. This paper introduces a new RSA-based MSHF. The new function is efficient and produces small hashes. We prove that the proposed MSHF is collision-resistant under the assumption of unforgeability of deterministic RSA signatures. In many practical applications, programmers need to compare two (unordered) sets of integers. A trivial solution consists in sorting both sets ($\mathcal{O}(n \log n)$) and comparing them linearly. We show how MS hash functions can be turned into a linear-time, constant-space integer set equality test. |
BibTeX
@misc{eprint-2009-18240, title={Comparing With RSA}, booktitle={IACR Eprint archive}, keywords={public-key cryptography / RSA, Set Equality Problem}, url={http://eprint.iacr.org/2009/021}, note={ david.naccache@ens.fr 14253 received 9 Jan 2009}, author={Julien Cathalo and David Naccache and Jean-Jacques Quisquater}, year=2009 }