The impossibility of obfuscation with auxiliary input or a universal simulator · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1401.0348/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTThe impossibility of obfuscation with auxiliary input or a universal simulator — mentioned by matthewdgreenhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36910601urn:hackerpapers:mention:1401.0348:36910601Fri, 28 Jul 2023 17:52:47 GMT<p>Some of Yael&#x27;s most prominent works include the original paper on ring signatures [1], some important results around the Fiat-Shamir paradigm for signatures [2], the invention of One-Time Programs [3], some important work on interactive proofs [4], and a bunch of early fundamental (negative) results on obfuscation [5]. And these are just the things that spring to mind immediately, nowhere near the majority of her output. [1] https://people.csail.mit.edu/rivest/pubs/RST01.pdf [2] https://eprint.iacr.org/2003/034.pdf [3] https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/One-Time-Programs-Gold... [4]…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1401.0348/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.CR