foundations of cryptography

All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Foundations of Cryptography, Volume 1: Basic Tools	2
Foundations of Cryptography, Volume 2: Basic Applications	2
Cryptography Theory	1
complexity-theoretic foundations of cryptography	1
foundations of cryptography canonical	1
foundations of modern cryptography	1
foundations of modern public-key cryptography	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1013306 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: foundations of cryptography
Context triple: [Oded Goldreich, knownFor, foundations of cryptography]

A. Secrecy, Authentication, and Public Key Systems
"Secrecy, Authentication, and Public Key Systems" is Ralph Merkle's influential doctoral thesis that helped lay the foundations of modern public-key cryptography and secure communication protocols.
B. New Directions in Cryptography
New Directions in Cryptography is a landmark 1976 paper that introduced the concepts of public-key cryptography and digital signatures, fundamentally reshaping modern cryptography and secure communications.
C. Merkle puzzles
Merkle puzzles are an early cryptographic protocol that introduced the concept of public-key exchange by allowing two parties to establish a shared secret over an insecure channel using computationally asymmetric “puzzle” problems.
D. Probabilistic Encryption
Probabilistic Encryption is a cryptographic technique that uses randomness in the encryption process so that the same message encrypts to different ciphertexts, enhancing security against attackers.
E. Elliptic Curve Cryptography
Elliptic Curve Cryptography is a public-key cryptographic approach that uses the mathematics of elliptic curves over finite fields to provide strong security with relatively small key sizes.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: foundations of cryptography
Target entity description: Foundations of Cryptography is a seminal two-volume work by Oded Goldreich that rigorously develops the theoretical underpinnings of modern cryptography, including definitions, proofs, and core primitives.

A. Secrecy, Authentication, and Public Key Systems
"Secrecy, Authentication, and Public Key Systems" is Ralph Merkle's influential doctoral thesis that helped lay the foundations of modern public-key cryptography and secure communication protocols.
B. New Directions in Cryptography
New Directions in Cryptography is a landmark 1976 paper that introduced the concepts of public-key cryptography and digital signatures, fundamentally reshaping modern cryptography and secure communications.
C. Merkle puzzles
Merkle puzzles are an early cryptographic protocol that introduced the concept of public-key exchange by allowing two parties to establish a shared secret over an insecure channel using computationally asymmetric “puzzle” problems.
D. Probabilistic Encryption
Probabilistic Encryption is a cryptographic technique that uses randomness in the encryption process so that the same message encrypts to different ciphertexts, enhancing security against attackers.
E. Elliptic Curve Cryptography
Elliptic Curve Cryptography is a public-key cryptographic approach that uses the mathematics of elliptic curves over finite fields to provide strong security with relatively small key sizes.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ book ⓘ book series ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ
approach	complexity-theoretic framework ⓘ rigorous mathematical treatment ⓘ
author	Oded Goldreich ⓘ Oded Goldreich ⓘ Oded Goldreich ⓘ
contribution	formalization of basic cryptographic primitives ⓘ standard security definitions for cryptographic schemes ⓘ unified framework for modern cryptography ⓘ
field	cryptography ⓘ theoretical computer science ⓘ
genre	computer science literature ⓘ
hasPart	Foundations of Cryptography, Volume 1: Basic Tools ⓘ linked to: foundations of cryptography Foundations of Cryptography, Volume 2: Basic Applications ⓘ linked to: foundations of cryptography
influenced	design of cryptographic protocols ⓘ research in theoretical cryptography ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
topic	commitment schemes ⓘ complexity-theoretic cryptography ⓘ computational indistinguishability ⓘ cryptographic foundations ⓘ digital signatures ⓘ digital signatures ⓘ encryption schemes ⓘ interactive proofs ⓘ message authentication codes ⓘ message authentication codes ⓘ modern cryptography ⓘ one-way functions ⓘ one-way functions ⓘ private-key encryption ⓘ probabilistic proofs ⓘ pseudorandom functions ⓘ pseudorandom generators ⓘ pseudorandomness ⓘ public-key encryption ⓘ secure multi-party computation ⓘ secure multi-party computation ⓘ security definitions ⓘ simulation-based security ⓘ zero-knowledge proofs ⓘ zero-knowledge proofs ⓘ
usedAs	graduate-level textbook ⓘ research reference ⓘ

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