Secret-Key Agreement without Public-Key Cryptography

  • Authors:
  • Frank Thomson Leighton;Silvio Micali

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • CRYPTO '93 Proceedings of the 13th Annual International Cryptology Conference on Advances in Cryptology
  • Year:
  • 1993

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Abstract

In this paper, we describe novel approaches to secret-key agreement. Our schemes are not based on public-key cryptography nor number theory. They are extremely efficient implemented in software or make use of very simple uuexpensive hardware. Our technology is particularly well-suited for use in cryptographic scenarios like those of the Clipper Chip, the recent encryption proposal put forward by the Clinton Administration.