摘要:
In a method for generating an identification value for identifying an electronic message by application of a first hash function with fixed compression that compresses n blocks of data into a number of blocks, which is smaller than n, the hash function is repetitively applied in a tree-structure compression of the message. The message is compressed in a plurality of tree-structure levels, each level receiving mi input blocks for compression. One or more residual data blocks are treated by an auxiliary hash function or passed without compression from the current level to another subsequent level, in case n does not divide the number of input blocks at a particular level. A further method is provided, in which a number representation of a block of data is added to a number resulting from a hash operation. The methods of the invention may define MAC (Message Authentication Code) functions.
摘要:
A pellet injector for injecting pellets of condensed gas, such as hydrogen, tritium or deuterium, into a reactor comprises an arrangement of pipe guns in a cylindrical arrangement. Each pipe gun which may be made from stainless steel, has a freezing section and three axially spaced metal rings of a heat conductive metal arranged in good thermal contact with the outer surface of the pipe gun at the freezing section thereof. Each of the rings is thermally connected to a cryostat, for example by means of a copper wire. The center ring is cooled to a temperature below the condensing temperature of the gas so as to condense the gas in the freezing section of the pipe gun to form a pellet therein, and the temperature of the adjacent outer rings are maintained at temperatures exceeding the temperature of the center ring so as to obtain a pellet of a desired size. The pellets formed in the pipe guns may be expelled therefrom by a pressurized gas force pulse and injected into a reactor. The pressurized gas force pulse may be provided by using a special solenoid valve.