Taming the Adversary

  • Authors:
  • Martín Abadi

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • CRYPTO '00 Proceedings of the 20th Annual International Cryptology Conference on Advances in Cryptology
  • Year:
  • 2000

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Abstract

While there is a great deal of sophistication in modern cryptology, simple (and simplistic) explanations of cryptography remain useful and perhaps necessary. Many of the explanations are informal; others are embodied in formal methods, particularly in formal methods for the analysis of security protocols. This note (intended to accompany a talk at the Crypto 2000 conference) describes some of those explanations. It focuses on simple models of attacks, pointing to partial justifications of these models.