FR4.R1.4

Error Correction Capabilities of Non-Linear Cryptographic Hash Functions

Alejandro Cohen, Technion, Israel; Rafael G. L. D’Oliveira, Clemson, United States

Session:
Cryptographic Protocols

Track:
5: Cryptography

Location:
Ballroom II & III

Presentation Time:
Fri, 12 Jul, 17:25 - 17:45

Session Chair:
Jens Zumbraegel,
Abstract
Linear hashes are known to possess error-correcting capabilities. However, in most applications, non-linear hashes with pseudorandom outputs are utilized instead. It has also been established that classical non-systematic random codes, both linear and non-linear, are capacity achieving in the asymptotic regime. Thus, it is reasonable to expect that non-linear hashes might also exhibit good error-correcting capabilities. In this paper, we show this to be the case. Our proof is based on techniques from multiple access channels. As a consequence, we show that Systematic Random Non-Linear Codes (S-RNLC) are capacity achieving in the asymptotic regime. We validate our results by comparing the performance of the Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA) with that of Systematic Random Linear Codes (S-RLC) and S-RNLC, demonstrating that SHA performs equally.
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