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A hash chain H for a hash function hash(·) is a sequence of hash values 〈x n , x n − 1,..., x 0 〉, where x 0 is a secret value, x i is generated by x i = hash(x i − 1) for 1 ≤ i ≤ n, and x n is a public value. Hash values of H are disclosed gradually from x n − 1 to x 0. The correctness of a disclosed hash value x i can be verified by checking the equation \(x_n \stackrel{?}{=} {\mathsf{hash}}^{n-i}(x_i)\). To speed up the verification, Fischlin introduced a check-bit scheme at CT-RSA 2004. The basic idea of the check-bit scheme is to output some extra information cb, called a check-bit vector, in addition to the public value x n , which allows each verifier to perform only a fraction of the original work according to his or her own security level. We revisit the Fischlin’s check-bit scheme and show that the length of the check-bit vector cb can be reduced nearly by half. The reduced length of cb is close to the theoretic lower bound.
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Yum, D.H., Kim, J.S., Lee, P.J., Hong, S.J. (2010). On Fast Verification of Hash Chains. In: Pieprzyk, J. (eds) Topics in Cryptology - CT-RSA 2010. CT-RSA 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5985. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11925-5_26
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