Hash chain
Method of producing many one-time keys from a single key / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A hash chain is the successive application of a cryptographic hash function to a piece of data. In computer security, a hash chain is a method used to produce many one-time keys from a single key or password. For non-repudiation, a hash function can be applied successively to additional pieces of data in order to record the chronology of data's existence.
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