Abstract. In this paper we propose an optimistic two-party fair exchange protocol which does not rely on a centralized trusted third party. Instead, the fairness of the protocol re...
Abstract A Secret Handshake is a protocol that allows two users to mutually verify one another’s properties, and in case of simultaneous matching, to share a key used to secure s...
A black-box secret sharing scheme (BBSSS) for a given access structure works in exactly the same way over any finite Abelian group, as it only requires black-box access to group o...
—We suggest a method of controlling the access to a secure database via quorum systems. A quorum system is a collection of sets (quorums) every two of which have a nonempty inter...
We improve a secret sharing scheme, which enables users select their personal keys by themselves instead of being distributed by group manager and users can reuse their personal k...