COMPUTER ETHICS AND SECURITY
CRYPTOGRAPHY AND ENCRYPTION
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Question
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Another term for trap-door function is ____
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One-way function
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Bijective function
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Inverse function
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One-to-one function
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -If each function in the collection above is a one-way permutation, then the collection is also called a trapdoor permutation.
Detailed explanation-2: -A trap-door one-way function is a one-way function for which the inverse direction is easy given a certain piece of information (the trap door), but difficult otherwise. Public-key cryptosystems are based on (presumed) trap-door one-way functions.
Detailed explanation-3: -There are three categories of trapdoor functions as standard trapdoor, lossy trapdoor, and homomorphic trapdoor functions.
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