Cryptography beyond Encryption and Signatures

Presented at Still Hacking Anyway (SHA2017), Aug. 7, 2017, 5:25 p.m. (20 minutes).

This talk will introduce a couple of less well known applications of cryptography. <p>When asked what Cryptography is about, most hackers will be quick to answer “encryption”. Many will also think about “signatures” as another crucial aspect for secure communication.</p> <p>While these are indeed the most prominent subjects of cryptography, they are by no means everything there is.</p> <p>This talk will show a few examples for what else can be accomplished. While it will not go into how those things work internally, it should still be enough to give a rough idea for what the subject is actually about.</p> <p>Topics: Commitments, Secure Cointosses, Zero-Knowledge-Proofs, Secure-Multiparty-Computation, Voting-Schemes.</p> <p>Disclaimer: Cryptography is a minefield, so unless you are a cryptographer (and probably even then), NEVER ROLL YOUR OWN CRYPTO!</p>

Presenters:

  • FJW
    I am a master-student of computer-science at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology who specializes in cryptography.

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