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Hash Functions from Sigma Protocols and Improvements to VSH

Authors:
Mihir Bellare
Todor Ristov
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URL: http://eprint.iacr.org/2008/379
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Abstract: We present a general way to get a provably collision-resistant hash function from any (suitable) $\Sigma$-protocol. This enables us to both get new designs and to unify and improve previous work. In the first category, we obtain, via a modified version of the Fiat-Shamir protocol, the fastest known hash function that is provably collision-resistant based on the \textit{standard} factoring assumption. In the second category, we provide a modified version VSH^* of VSH which is faster when hashing short messages. (Most Internet packets are short.) We also show that $\Sigma$-hash functions are chameleon, thereby obtaining several new and efficient chameleon hash functions with applications to on-line/off-line signing, chameleon signatures and designated-verifier signatures.
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@misc{eprint-2008-18159,
  title={Hash Functions from Sigma Protocols and Improvements to VSH},
  booktitle={IACR Eprint archive},
  keywords={hash functions, collision-resistance,Fiat-Shamir},
  url={http://eprint.iacr.org/2008/379},
  note={Preliminary version in Asiacrypt 2008. This is the full version. tristov@cs.ucsd.edu 14183 received 5 Sep 2008, last revised 31 Oct 2008},
  author={Mihir Bellare and Todor Ristov},
  year=2008
}