A cryptographic hash function is most commonly one of the following: a one-way hash function, a collision-free hash function, a trapdoor one-way hash function, or a function from a class of universal hash functions.
Cryptographic Hash Function
See also
Birthday Attack, Collision-Free Hash Function, Hash Function, One-Way Hash Function, Trapdoor One-Way Hash Function, Universal Hash FunctionExplore with Wolfram|Alpha
References
Bakhtiari, S.; Safavi-Naini, R.; and Pieprzyk, J. Cryptographic Hash Functions: A Survey. Technical Report 95-09, Department of Computer Science, University of Wollongong, July 1995. http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/bakhtiari95cryptographic.html.Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha
Cryptographic Hash FunctionCite this as:
Weisstein, Eric W. "Cryptographic Hash Function." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/CryptographicHashFunction.html