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| − | In cryptography, a '''nonce''' is usually a random (or typically, pseudo-random) numeric string which is used in authentication protocols to improve security. Its main purpose is to protect the exchange from being compromised at a future date, long after it was completed. However, it is also useful in hashing processes and some other applications. | + | In cryptography, a '''nonce''' is usually a random (or typically, pseudo-random) numeric string which is used in authentication protocols to improve security. Its main purpose is to protect the exchange from being compromised at a future date, long after it was completed. However, it is also useful in hashing processes and some other applications.<ref>http://web.cs.ucdavis.edu/~rogaway/papers/nonce.pdf</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 02:45, October 3, 2018
In cryptography, a nonce is usually a random (or typically, pseudo-random) numeric string which is used in authentication protocols to improve security. Its main purpose is to protect the exchange from being compromised at a future date, long after it was completed. However, it is also useful in hashing processes and some other applications.[1]