[viff-devel] [Marc Makkes] Homomorphic encryption

2009-06-18 Thread Martin Geisler
Hi Janus and hi everybody, I got this mail from Marc about fast Paillier: --- Begin Message --- Hi Martin, My name is Marc X. Makkes and i'm the student who is implementing the homomorphic encryption scheme for for NaCL project. Tanja urged me to contact you for some detail regarding the implem

Re: [viff-devel] [Marc Makkes] Homomorphic encryption

2009-06-18 Thread Janus Dam Nielsen
Hi Marc, My name is Marc X. Makkes and i'm the student who is implementing the homomorphic encryption scheme for for NaCL project. Great to hear from you, I will be your main contact, because I am probably the VIFF user who will be needing a fast homomorphic implementation the soonest. I g

Re: [viff-devel] [Marc Makkes] Homomorphic encryption

2009-06-18 Thread Marc X. Makkes
Hi Janus, On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 04:36:15PM +0200, Janus Dam Nielsen wrote: >Great to hear from you, I will be your main contact, because I am >probably the VIFF user who will be needing a fast homomorphic >implementation the soonest. >I guess that the actual scheme you are imple

Re: [viff-devel] [Marc Makkes] Homomorphic encryption

2009-06-18 Thread Janus Dam Nielsen
Hi Marc, We generally use Paillier as a part of secure multiparty computation protocols, where each party has his own secret key and knows the public keys of the other players. The ciphertexts are generally multiplied a substantial number of times. Can you give me the background