Shamir's Secret Sharing

GPTKB entity

Statements (25)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf crypt
gptkbp:application cryptographic key backup
distributed key management
secure multi-party computation
gptkbp:basedOn polynomial interpolation
gptkbp:citation gptkb:Shamir,_Adi._'How_to_share_a_secret.'_Communications_of_the_ACM_22.11_(1979):_612-613.
gptkbp:field cryptography
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Shamir's Secret Sharing
gptkbp:introducedIn 1979
gptkbp:inventedBy gptkb:Adi_Shamir
gptkbp:minimumSharesRequired k (threshold parameter)
gptkbp:property perfect secrecy
information-theoretic security
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Communications_of_the_ACM
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Blakley’s_Secret_Sharing_Scheme
threshold cryptography
verifiable secret sharing
gptkbp:thresholdScheme yes
gptkbp:totalShares n (number of participants)
gptkbp:type secret sharing scheme
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:cryptocurrency
distributed trust systems
password recovery systems
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Adi_Shamir
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5