Efficient Cryptographic Protocols Based on Noisy Channels.

Claude Crepeau

Paper 1997/003

Efficient Cryptographic Protocols Based on Noisy Channels.

Claude Crepeau

Abstract

The Wire-Tap Channel of Wyner shows that a Binary Symmetric Channel may be used as a basis for exchanging a secret key. Later, Crepeau and Kilian showed how a BSC may be used to implement Oblivious Transfer. Unfortunately, this result is rather impractical as it requires $n sup 11$ bits to be sent through the BSC to accomplish a single OT. The current paper provides efficient protocols to achieve Bit Commitment and Oblivious Transfer based on the existence of a BSC. Our protocols respectively use the BSC $n$ times and $n sup 3$ times. These results are based on a technique known as Generalized Privacy Amplification.

Metadata

Available format(s): PS
Publication info: Published elsewhere. Appeared in the THEORY OF CRYPTOGRAPHY LIBRARY and has been included in the ePrint Archive.
Contact author(s): crepeau @ iro umontreal ca
History: 1997-03-05: received
Short URL: https://ia.cr/1997/003
License: CC BY

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:1997/003,
      author = {Claude Crepeau},
      title = {Efficient Cryptographic Protocols Based on Noisy Channels.},
      howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 1997/003},
      year = {1997},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/1997/003}
}