Is there an ultimate use of cryptography?

  • Authors:
  • Yvo Desmedt

  • Affiliations:
  • Katholieke Univ. Leuven, ESAT, Belgium

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings on Advances in cryptology---CRYPTO '86
  • Year:
  • 1987

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Abstract

Cryptography can increase the security of computers and modem telecommunication systems. Software viruses and hardware trapdoors are aspects of computer security. Based on a combination of these two aspects, an attack on computer security is presented. The complexity of finding such an attack is discussed. A new open problem is: can cryptography prevent such an attack.