Master-Key Cryptosytems


Published: Apr 05, 2002 Updated: Apr 05, 2000 Section: Network Security Library :: Cryptography Author: Company: Cambridge Protocols Workshop Printable Version Adjust font size: Rating: 2.8/5 - 41 Votes 1 2 3 4 5

We initiate the study of a new class of secret-key cryptosystems, called master-key cryptosystems (MKCSs), in which an authorized third party (hereinafter called "the government," although it need not literally be one) possesses a "master key" that allows efficient recovery of the cleartext without knowledge of the session key.

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