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Psst, Can you Keep a Secret?

Published

Author(s)

Apostol T. Vassilev, Nicky W. Mouha, Luis T. A. N. Brandao

Abstract

The security of encrypted data depends not only on the theoretical properties of cryptographic primitives but also on the robustness of their implementations in software and hardware. Threshold cryptography introduces a computational paradigm that enables higher assurance for such implementations.
Citation
Computer (IEEE Computer)
Volume
51
Issue
1
Pub Type
Journals

Download Paper

https://doi.org/10.1109/MC.2018.1151029

Keywords

threshold schema, secret sharing, cryptography
Cryptography

Citation

Vassilev, A. , Mouha, N. and A., L. (2018), Psst, Can you Keep a Secret?, Computer (IEEE Computer), [online], https://doi.org/10.1109/MC.2018.1151029 (Accessed October 22, 2025)

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Created January 2, 2018, Updated March 6, 2019
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