Security
If H is a random oracle, i.e. its output is truly random in then, forging a signature on any message m is as hard as calculating the square root of a random element in . To see that taking a random square root is as hard as factoring, we first note that any square modulo n has four square roots since n has two square roots modulo p and two square roots modulo q, and each pair gives a unique square root modulo n by the chinese remainder theorem. Now, if we have two different square roots, x,y such that but, then this immediately leads to a factorization of n since n divides but it does not divide either factor. Thus taking will lead to a nontrivial factorization of n. Now, there exists an algorithm to take square roots, we pick a random r modulo n and square it, then, using the algorithm to take the square root of R modulo n, we will get a new square root, and with probability half .
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