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The Total Awesomeness of
Cryptography
Anna Lysyanskaya
Brown University
Crypto begins with proving the
impossible possible…
Public-key encryption
Zero-knowledge proofs
Electronic cash Use the Force,
Luke!
...
… and ends up in your hands!
Public-key encryption - SSL!
Zero-knowledge proofs - TCG!
Electronic cash - coming soon to
a system near you!
...
It is worth a lot of $$$
RSA sold to EMC for $2.2B
Credentica just sold to Microsoft
Other countries invest into
Crypto research: e.g., EU
ECRYPT project, 8M Euro
PrimeLife project, 10M Euro
Education: Crypto is a way of
thinking about security
1. Rigorous security model
2. Provable guarantees
Cross-pollination with other areas
Crypto+Formal methods: DY,AR,UC
Crypto+Networking: SYN cookies
Crypto+Data mining: NSF PORTIA
Crypto+Access control:
- IBE[Shamir]
->IBE[BF]
->ABE[SW]
->RBAC w/o a TTP