Combinatorial Characterizations of Authentication Codes

  • Authors:
  • Douglas R. Stinson

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • CRYPTO '91 Proceedings of the 11th Annual International Cryptology Conference on Advances in Cryptology
  • Year:
  • 1991

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Abstract

In this paper, we prove two new combinatorial characterizations of authentication codes. Authentication codes without secrecy are characterized in terms of orthogonal arrays; and general authentication codes are characterized in terms of balanced incomplete block designs.