secret sharing

method for sharing a secret in a way that requires multiple parties to collaborate to recover it

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4 properties
Subclass of
cryptographic primitive, cryptographic data processing[3][4]
Quora topic
Secret-Sharing
Time of discovery or invention
1979[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en secret sharing ar تشارك السر cs sdílení tajemství de Secret-Sharing fr partage de secret fr secret réparti he חלוקת סוד ja 秘密分散 ja 電子割符 ko 비밀 공유 pl Dzielenie sekretu ru Разделение секрета uk Розділення секрету vi Bí mật được chia sẻ zh 私鑰分享協定
🔖 Identifiers · 6
OpenAlex ID
C3087436
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/secret-sharing
Freebase ID
/m/02bxvb
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
3087436
Quora topic ID
Secret-Sharing
Topic's main category
Category:Secret sharing

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Adi Shamir[1], a mathematician[6], b. 1952[7], of Israel[8], awarded the Israel Prize[9], specialised in informatics[10] and George Robert Blakley Jr.[2], a mathematician[11], 1932–2018[12], of United States[13], specialised in number theory[14].

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