We provide constructions of (m, 1)-programmable hash functions (PHFs) for m ≥ 2. Mimicking certain programmability properties of random oracles, PHFs can, e.g., be plugged into ...
Releasing a classical digital signature faces to privacy issues. Indeed, there are cases where the prover needs to authenticate some data without making it possible for any malicio...
The evolution of web services has facilitated the integration of business processes scattered across different geographical locations of the world. Along with the benefits that we...
We introduce the notion of associative one-way functions and prove that they exist if and only if P 6= NP. As evidence of their utility, we present two novel protocols that apply ...
The characterization of a video segment by a digital signature is a fundamental task in video processing. It is necessary for video indexing and retrieval, copyright protection and...
Costas I. Cotsaces, Nikos Nikolaidis, Ioannis Pita...