Advances in Cryptology - ASIACRYPT '91

This volume contains the proceedings of ASIACRYPT '91, the
first                  international conference on the theory and application
of cryptology to be   held in the Asian area. It was held at
Fujiyoshida, near Mount Fuji in         Japan, in November 1991.
The conference was modeled after the very               successful CRYTO
and EUROCRYPT series of conferences sponsored by               the
International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR).
The IACR and the Institute of Electronics, Information and
Communication Engineers   were sponsors for ASIACRYPT '91.
The papers from the conference were            improved and corrected
for inclusion in this volume. The papers are grouped into
parts on: differential cryptanalysis and DES-like
cryptosystems;   hashing and signature schemes; secret
sharing, threshold, and authenticationcodes; block ciphers
- foundations and analysis; cryptanalysis and new         ciphers;
proof systems and interactive protocols; public key ciphers
-   foundations and analysis. Also included are four invited
lectures and         impromptu talks from the rump session.