How to Exchange Secrets by Oblivious Transfer
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"How to Exchange Secrets by Oblivious Transfer" is a seminal cryptography paper by Michael O. Rabin that introduced the concept of oblivious transfer, a fundamental primitive for secure multi-party computation and privacy-preserving protocols.
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| How to Exchange Secrets by Oblivious Transfer canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: How to Exchange Secrets by Oblivious Transfer Context triple: [Michael O. Rabin, notableWork, How to Exchange Secrets by Oblivious Transfer]
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New Directions in Cryptography
New Directions in Cryptography is a landmark 1976 paper that introduced the concepts of public-key cryptography and digital signatures, fundamentally reshaping modern cryptography and secure communications.
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Secrecy, Authentication, and Public Key Systems
"Secrecy, Authentication, and Public Key Systems" is Ralph Merkle's influential doctoral thesis that helped lay the foundations of modern public-key cryptography and secure communication protocols.
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Probabilistic Encryption
Probabilistic Encryption is a cryptographic technique that uses randomness in the encryption process so that the same message encrypts to different ciphertexts, enhancing security against attackers.
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Naor–Yung encryption paradigm
The Naor–Yung encryption paradigm is a foundational cryptographic framework that uses double encryption and zero-knowledge proofs to transform semantically secure public-key schemes into ones secure against chosen-ciphertext attacks.
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Merkle puzzles
Merkle puzzles are an early cryptographic protocol that introduced the concept of public-key exchange by allowing two parties to establish a shared secret over an insecure channel using computationally asymmetric “puzzle” problems.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: How to Exchange Secrets by Oblivious Transfer Target entity description: "How to Exchange Secrets by Oblivious Transfer" is a seminal cryptography paper by Michael O. Rabin that introduced the concept of oblivious transfer, a fundamental primitive for secure multi-party computation and privacy-preserving protocols.
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A.
New Directions in Cryptography
New Directions in Cryptography is a landmark 1976 paper that introduced the concepts of public-key cryptography and digital signatures, fundamentally reshaping modern cryptography and secure communications.
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B.
Secrecy, Authentication, and Public Key Systems
"Secrecy, Authentication, and Public Key Systems" is Ralph Merkle's influential doctoral thesis that helped lay the foundations of modern public-key cryptography and secure communication protocols.
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C.
Probabilistic Encryption
Probabilistic Encryption is a cryptographic technique that uses randomness in the encryption process so that the same message encrypts to different ciphertexts, enhancing security against attackers.
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D.
Naor–Yung encryption paradigm
The Naor–Yung encryption paradigm is a foundational cryptographic framework that uses double encryption and zero-knowledge proofs to transform semantically secure public-key schemes into ones secure against chosen-ciphertext attacks.
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E.
Merkle puzzles
Merkle puzzles are an early cryptographic protocol that introduced the concept of public-key exchange by allowing two parties to establish a shared secret over an insecure channel using computationally asymmetric “puzzle” problems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | scientific paper ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
computer science
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mathematics ⓘ |
| author | Michael O. Rabin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contribution |
formalization of oblivious transfer as a cryptographic primitive
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foundation for later secure multi-party computation protocols ⓘ protocol for exchanging secrets with uncertainty about delivery ⓘ |
| describes |
receiver who obtains the message with a certain probability
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sender remaining oblivious to whether the receiver obtained the message ⓘ sender with a secret message ⓘ |
| field |
cryptography
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theoretical computer science ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Michael O. Rabin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
asymmetric information in protocols
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obliviousness of the sender ⓘ probabilistic delivery of secrets ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
cryptographic protocol design
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privacy-preserving data analysis ⓘ secure multi-party computation ⓘ zero-knowledge proofs ⓘ |
| inspired |
1-out-of-2 oblivious transfer
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k-out-of-n oblivious transfer ⓘ later variants of oblivious transfer ⓘ |
| introducedConcept | oblivious transfer ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
oblivious transfer
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privacy-preserving protocols ⓘ secure multi-party computation ⓘ |
| property |
receiver learns the secret with a specified probability
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sender does not know whether the transfer succeeded ⓘ |
| proposes | oblivious transfer protocol ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
foundational paper for secure computation
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seminal work in modern cryptography ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
interactive protocols
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probabilistic encryption ⓘ public-key cryptography ⓘ |
| securityGoal |
limit information leakage in secret exchange
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protect receiver’s privacy ⓘ protect sender’s privacy ⓘ |
| topic |
information-theoretic security aspects
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probabilistic protocols ⓘ secret exchange ⓘ |
| usedAs | building block for complex cryptographic protocols ⓘ |
| usedIn |
design of privacy-preserving communication protocols
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design of secure multi-party computation schemes ⓘ |
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Subject: How to Exchange Secrets by Oblivious Transfer Description of subject: "How to Exchange Secrets by Oblivious Transfer" is a seminal cryptography paper by Michael O. Rabin that introduced the concept of oblivious transfer, a fundamental primitive for secure multi-party computation and privacy-preserving protocols.
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subject surface form:
Michael O. Rabin