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One-way functions are definitely not trap-door functions, they are a weaker assumption. But you can get all symmetric cryptography out of a one-way function; it doesn't have to be reversible.

For instance, you can use a hash function to encrypt, by XORing its output with a plaintext, using it as a stream cipher.



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