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| ID | 111 |
|---|---|
| First Name | Kristen |
| Last Name | Meyer |
| Institution | Iowa State University |
| Speaker Category | graduate student |
| Title of Talk | Message Authentication Codes and Quasigroups |
| Abstract | Message Authentication Codes, or MACs, are commonly used cryptographic tools to ensure that a message has not been changed in transit. MACs can be constructed from a variety of mathematical structures and in a variety of ways. In this talk, I will describe a new MAC (called QMAC) which is based on the non-associativity of quasigroups. In order to obtain security against forgeries, quasigroups of large order must be used. I will also discuss how to create and represent such quasigroups. |
| Subject area(s) | Cryptography |
| Suitable for undergraduates? | Yes |
| Day Preference | |
| Computer Needed? | Y |
| Bringing a laptop? | N |
| Overhead Needed? | Y |
| Software requests | Adobe Acrobat Reader |
| Special Needs | |
| Date Submitted | 2/28/2005 |
| Year | 2005 |