How to share a secret
Published in Communications of the ACM • Nov 1, 1979
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Authors:
Adi Shamir
Abstract
In this paper we show how to divide data D into n pieces in such a way that D is easily reconstructable from any k pieces, but even complete knowledge of k - 1 pieces reveals absolutely no information about D . This technique enables the construction of robust key management schemes for cryptographi...
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