发明名称 SHARING A SECRET WITH MODULAR INVERSES
摘要 A method and system distributes N shares of a secret among cooperating entities by calculating the multiplicative inverses of the secret. In one embodiment, a distributor selects N distinct prime numbers and forms unique subsets of the prime numbers, with each subset containing K of the N prime numbers (N>=K), where K is a threshold number of shares necessary to reconstruct the secret. The distributor calculates a product of the prime numbers in each subset, and, for each subset, calculates the multiplicative inverse of the secret modulo the product. A total of N shares are generated, with each share containing the multiplicative inverses and one of the prime numbers. The N shares are distributed to the cooperating entities for secret sharing.
申请公布号 US2010215172(A1) 申请公布日期 2010.08.26
申请号 US20090393967 申请日期 2009.02.26
申请人 RED HAT, INC. 发明人 SCHNEIDER JAMES P.
分类号 H04L9/28;H04L9/08 主分类号 H04L9/28
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