The use of mathematical linguistic methods in creating secret sharing threshold algorithms

  • Authors:
  • Marek R. Ogiela;Urszula Ogiela

  • Affiliations:
  • AGH University of Science and Technology, Al. Mickiewicza 30, PL-30-059 Kraków, Poland;AGH University of Science and Technology, Al. Mickiewicza 30, PL-30-059 Kraków, Poland

  • Venue:
  • Computers & Mathematics with Applications
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

This publication discusses new opportunities for creating threshold schemes for secret sharing arising from the use of mathematical linguistic formalisms. Such methods are based on known threshold schemes of information splitting extended by adding an extra stage at which bit blocks of the shared information are coded using suitably defined context-free grammars. In practice, this will help with developing new algorithms, which besides allowing information sharing will also make it possible to obtain protocols for the confidential exchange of this information with or without involving a trusted instance. Such protocols will contribute to the development of modern cryptographic techniques and future computer science.