karlgluck

What's this all about?

Digital cryptography! This is a subject I've been interested in since taking a class with Prof. Fred Schneider back in college. Articles pop up on Hacker News fairly often that pique my interest and this technique is the result of one of them.

Specifically, this is about Lamport signatures. There are many signature algorithms (ECDSA and RSA are the most commonly used) but Lamport signatures are unique because they are formed using a hash function. Many cryptographers believe that this makes them resistant to attacks made possible by quantum computers.

How does a Lamport Signature work?

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

// returns a random number
int mem_random(int seed){
    int* seed_ptr = (int*) malloc(sizeof(int));
    *seed_ptr = seed;
    
    // shift the pointer by some amount, should point to something random
    void* random_ptr = ((char*)seed_ptr) + 1;