One-way functions (OWF) are easy to compute, but hard to invert. They exists only if P$\ne$NP. Many cryptographic primitives are based on (or are implied by) the existence of one-way functions.
One-way functions (OWF) are easy to compute, but hard to invert. They exists only if P$\ne$NP. Many cryptographic primitives are based on (or are implied by) the existence of one-way functions.