Overview
Explore a conference talk from Eurocrypt 2012 on unconditionally-secure robust secret sharing with compact shares. Delve into the work of Alfonso Cevallos, Serge Fehr, Rafail Ostrovsky, and Yuval Rabani as they present their findings on (t-out-of-n) secret sharing, Shamir's Secret Sharing Scheme, and robust secret sharing applications in secure data storage. Learn about the impossibility results, the simple case of n = 31+1, the Rabin & Ben-Or Scheme for n = 21+1, and discover the speakers' new scheme and reconstruction procedure. Gain insights into the intricacies of the proof and understand the key takeaways from this 22-minute presentation on advanced cryptographic techniques.
Syllabus
Intro
(t-out-of-n) Secret Sharing
Shamir's Secret Sharing Scheme (Sha79)
Robust Secret Sharing
Application: Secure Data Storage
(Im)possibility
Further Outline
The (Simple) Case n = 31+1
The Rabin & Ben-Or Scheme (n = 21+1)
Our New Scheme
Our New Reconstruction Procedure
What Makes the Proof Tricky
Summary
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