DocumentCode
564657
Title
Protecting Shared Cryptographic Keys
Author
Davida, George I. ; DeMillo, Richard A. ; Lipton, Richard J.
Author_Institution
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
fYear
1980
fDate
14-16 April 1980
Firstpage
100
Lastpage
100
Abstract
In this paper, we present a scheme for distributing a key to n users in such a way as to require at least k of them (k < n) to be present to construct the original key. The scheme has the property that up to k - 1 defections can be tolerated. It can be implemented simply and efficiently.
Keywords
Computer science; Encryption; Error correction codes; Privacy; Public key cryptography; Vectors;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Security and Privacy, 1980 IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location
Oakland, CA, USA
ISSN
1540-7993
Print_ISBN
0-8186-0335-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SP.1980.10011
Filename
6233687
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