L. Csirmaz:

Ramp Secret Sharing and Secure Information Storage

In our age information is an important asset. We need systems in which costumers can securely store information, ensuring that it persists, continuously available, and is kept confidential. We discuss how such a system might work, what are the ingredients, and enlist some interesting unsolved problems.

 

Keywords. Secret sharing, ramp scheme, information dispersal, distributed encryption

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