foundations of cryptography
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Foundations of Cryptography is a seminal two-volume work by Oded Goldreich that rigorously develops the theoretical underpinnings of modern cryptography, including definitions, proofs, and core primitives.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: foundations of cryptography Context triple: [Oded Goldreich, knownFor, foundations of cryptography]
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Secrecy, Authentication, and Public Key Systems
"Secrecy, Authentication, and Public Key Systems" is Ralph Merkle's influential doctoral thesis that helped lay the foundations of modern public-key cryptography and secure communication protocols.
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New Directions in Cryptography
New Directions in Cryptography is a landmark 1976 paper that introduced the concepts of public-key cryptography and digital signatures, fundamentally reshaping modern cryptography and secure communications.
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Merkle puzzles
Merkle puzzles are an early cryptographic protocol that introduced the concept of public-key exchange by allowing two parties to establish a shared secret over an insecure channel using computationally asymmetric “puzzle” problems.
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Probabilistic Encryption
Probabilistic Encryption is a cryptographic technique that uses randomness in the encryption process so that the same message encrypts to different ciphertexts, enhancing security against attackers.
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Elliptic Curve Cryptography
Elliptic Curve Cryptography is a public-key cryptographic approach that uses the mathematics of elliptic curves over finite fields to provide strong security with relatively small key sizes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: foundations of cryptography Target entity description: Foundations of Cryptography is a seminal two-volume work by Oded Goldreich that rigorously develops the theoretical underpinnings of modern cryptography, including definitions, proofs, and core primitives.
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A.
Secrecy, Authentication, and Public Key Systems
"Secrecy, Authentication, and Public Key Systems" is Ralph Merkle's influential doctoral thesis that helped lay the foundations of modern public-key cryptography and secure communication protocols.
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B.
New Directions in Cryptography
New Directions in Cryptography is a landmark 1976 paper that introduced the concepts of public-key cryptography and digital signatures, fundamentally reshaping modern cryptography and secure communications.
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C.
Merkle puzzles
Merkle puzzles are an early cryptographic protocol that introduced the concept of public-key exchange by allowing two parties to establish a shared secret over an insecure channel using computationally asymmetric “puzzle” problems.
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D.
Probabilistic Encryption
Probabilistic Encryption is a cryptographic technique that uses randomness in the encryption process so that the same message encrypts to different ciphertexts, enhancing security against attackers.
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E.
Elliptic Curve Cryptography
Elliptic Curve Cryptography is a public-key cryptographic approach that uses the mathematics of elliptic curves over finite fields to provide strong security with relatively small key sizes.
- F. None of above. chosen
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book
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book ⓘ book series ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| approach |
complexity-theoretic framework
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rigorous mathematical treatment ⓘ |
| author |
Oded Goldreich
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Oded Goldreich ⓘ Oded Goldreich ⓘ |
| contribution |
formalization of basic cryptographic primitives
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standard security definitions for cryptographic schemes ⓘ unified framework for modern cryptography ⓘ |
| field |
cryptography
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theoretical computer science ⓘ |
| genre | computer science literature ⓘ |
| hasPart |
foundations of cryptography
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surface form:
Foundations of Cryptography, Volume 1: Basic Tools
foundations of cryptography self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Foundations of Cryptography, Volume 2: Basic Applications
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| influenced |
design of cryptographic protocols
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research in theoretical cryptography ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| topic |
commitment schemes
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complexity-theoretic cryptography ⓘ computational indistinguishability ⓘ cryptographic foundations ⓘ digital signatures ⓘ digital signatures ⓘ encryption schemes ⓘ interactive proofs ⓘ message authentication codes ⓘ message authentication codes ⓘ modern cryptography ⓘ one-way functions ⓘ one-way functions ⓘ private-key encryption ⓘ probabilistic proofs ⓘ pseudorandom functions ⓘ pseudorandom generators ⓘ pseudorandomness ⓘ public-key encryption ⓘ secure multi-party computation ⓘ secure multi-party computation ⓘ security definitions ⓘ simulation-based security ⓘ zero-knowledge proofs ⓘ zero-knowledge proofs ⓘ |
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graduate-level textbook
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research reference ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
complexity-theoretic foundations of cryptography
this entity surface form:
Foundations of Cryptography, Volume 1: Basic Tools
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Foundations of Cryptography, Volume 2: Basic Applications
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foundations of modern cryptography
this entity surface form:
foundations of modern public-key cryptography
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Foundations of Cryptography
this entity surface form:
Foundations of Cryptography, Volume 1: Basic Tools
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Foundations of Cryptography
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Foundations of Cryptography, Volume 2: Basic Applications
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Cryptography Theory