Florian, That's what I suspected as well. Unfortunately, it appears that Porticor's "homomorphic split-key" system is a closed one, so we may never see the details. But I think they are using the word "Homomorphic" to mislead people.
Saqib On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 9:58 AM, Florian Weimer <[email protected]> wrote: > * Saqib Ali: > >> If the system involves split key / shared secrets (m of n), then it >> wouldn't be a homomorphic system. Would it? > > I think the "homomorphic" part alludes to the fact that full > reconstruction of the entire key is not needed to perform the > cryptographic operation. In essence, I suspect it's a misnomer. > > We'd need a protocol description, not an interview, to be sure. _______________________________________________ cryptography mailing list [email protected] http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
