At 03:18 PM 7/29/2002 -0700, David Wagner wrote: > > I don't even think anyone has analyzed the entropy preservation of a > >theoretically perfect "random oracle" > >Well, I know this particular point wasn't central to your email, but >I'm not sure I agree with you on this small point. I believe it should >be more or less straightforward to analyze the entropy preservation of >a random oracle (alas, so straightforward you probably won't find any >paper on it in the literature).
Actually, it's covered very well (but briefly) in HAC (in section 2.1.6) and they refer to a seminal work by Flajolet and Odlyzko (Google finds references to it quite easily). regards, Greg. Greg Rose INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Qualcomm Australia VOICE: +61-2-9817 4188 FAX: +61-2-9817 5199 Level 3, 230 Victoria Road, http://people.qualcomm.com/ggr/ Gladesville NSW 2111 232B EC8F 44C6 C853 D68F E107 E6BF CD2F 1081 A37C --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]