Speaker: Dr Dunklemann

Title: Hash Functions - Much Ado About Something

Abstract:
While other cryptographic primitives are sometimes idealized, the ideal hash function, the random oracle, is often considered too strong of a model. This follows from the fact that there are several security properties related to hash functions, where each researcher picks the ones that suit him or her the best. In this talk, we will cover the various models, and the problems that recent results have identified in the security of hash functions.