Year
1999
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
School of Information Technology and Computer Science
Recommended Citation
Ghodosi, Hossein, Society-oriented cryptographic techniques for information protection, Doctor of Philosophy thesis, School of Information Technology and Computer Science, University of Wollongong, 1999. https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/2020
Abstract
Groups play an important role in our modern world. They are more reliable and more trustworthy than individuals. This is the reason why, in an organisation, crucial decisions are left to a group of people rather than to an individual. Cryptography supports group activity by offering a wide range of cryptographic operations which can only be successfully executed if a well-defined group of people agrees to co-operate. This thesis looks at two fundamental cryptographic tools that are useful for the management of secret information. The first part looks in detail at secret sharing schemes. The second part focuses on society-oriented cryptographic systems, which are the application of secret sharing schemes in cryptography. The outline of thesis is as follows.
Unless otherwise indicated, the views expressed in this thesis are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Wollongong.