The Knowledge Complexity of Interactive Proof Systems

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"The Knowledge Complexity of Interactive Proof Systems" is a seminal theoretical computer science paper that introduced the notion of zero-knowledge proofs, fundamentally shaping modern cryptography and complexity theory.

Aliases (2)
  • Interactive proof systems and zero-knowledge ×1
  • The knowledge complexity of interactive proof systems ×1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf scientific paper
theoretical computer science paper
assumes existence of one-way functions
existence of pseudorandom generators
author Charles Rackoff
Shafi Goldwasser
Silvio Micali
citationStatus highly cited
coauthorRelationship collaboration between Goldwasser, Micali, and Rackoff
coreConcept completeness
probabilistic polynomial-time verifier
prover-verifier interaction
simulation paradigm
simulator for verifier’s view
soundness
defines computational zero-knowledge
knowledge complexity of a proof system
perfect zero-knowledge
statistical zero-knowledge
zero-knowledge interactive proof
field computational complexity theory
cryptography
theoretical computer science
hasAuthorAffiliationAtTimeOfPublication Massachusetts Institute of Technology
impact basis for many cryptographic protocols
foundation of zero-knowledge proof theory
influencedField complexity theory
modern cryptography
secure protocols
introducedConcept knowledge complexity
zero-knowledge proof
language English
publicationYear 1985
publishedIn Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing
publisher Association for Computing Machinery
recognizedAs seminal paper in complexity theory
seminal paper in cryptography
resultType theoretical result
shows existence of zero-knowledge proofs for some NP problems under cryptographic assumptions
studies information revealed by proofs
interactive proof systems
subfield interactive proof systems
zero-knowledge proofs
topic computational security
information-theoretic security
interactive proofs
zero-knowledge proofs

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Charles Rackoff ("The knowledge complexity of interactive proof systems")
Charles Rackoff ("Interactive proof systems and zero-knowledge")
Shafi Goldwasser
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