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Verifiable Random Functions (VRFs)
draft-goldbe-vrf-01

Document Type Replaced Internet-Draft (individual)
Expired & archived
Authors Sharon Goldberg , Dimitrios Papadopoulos , Jan Včelák
Last updated 2017-07-21 (Latest revision 2017-06-30)
Replaced by draft-irtf-cfrg-vrf
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Abstract

A Verifiable Random Function (VRF) is the public-key version of a keyed cryptographic hash. Only the holder of the private key can compute the hash, but anyone with public key can verify the correctness of the hash. VRFs are useful for preventing enumeration of hash-based data structures. This document specifies several VRF constructions that are secure in the cryptographic random oracle model. One VRF uses RSA and the other VRF uses Eliptic Curves (EC).

Authors

Sharon Goldberg
Dimitrios Papadopoulos
Jan Včelák

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