The Cryptology ePrint Archive is an electronic archive (eprint) of new results in the field of cryptography, maintained by the International Association for Cryptologic Research. An eprint is a digital version of a research document (usually a journal article but could also be a Thesis, conference paper book chapter or a book that is accessible online Cryptography (or cryptology; from Greek grc κρυπτός kryptos, "hidden secret" and grc γράφω gráphō, "I write" The International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR is a non-profit scientific organization whose purpose is to further research in Cryptology and related fields It contains articles covering many of the most recent advances in cryptography.