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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!.
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The Total Awesomeness of CryptographyAnna LysyanskayaBrown University
Crypto begins with proving the impossible possible…Public-key encryptionZero-knowledge proofsElectronic 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 $2.2BCredentica just sold to MicrosoftOther countries invest into Crypto research: e.g., EU ECRYPT project, 8M EuroPrimeLife project, 10M Euro
Education: Crypto is a way of thinking about security1. Rigorous security model2. Provable guarantees
Cross-pollination with other areasCrypto+Formal methods: DY,AR,UCCrypto+Networking: SYN cookiesCrypto+Data mining: NSF PORTIACrypto+Access control: - IBE[Shamir] ->IBE[BF] ->ABE[SW] ->RBAC w/o a TTP