Marie-Sarah Lacharite

The Paillier Cryptosystem with Applications to Threshold ECDSA

You may have heard of RSA (b. 1977), but have you heard of its cousin, Paillier (b. 1999)? In this post, we provide a close look at the Paillier homomorphic encryption scheme [Paillier1999], what it offers, how it’s used in complex protocols, and how to implement it securely. Contents RSA…

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May 19, 2023

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Real World Cryptography Conference 2022

The IACR’s annual Real World Cryptography (RWC) conference took place in Amsterdam a few weeks ago. It remains the best venue for highlights of cryptographic constructions and attacks for the real world. While the conference was fully remote last year, this year it was a 3-day hybrid event, live-streamed from…

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April 26, 2022

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Real World Cryptography Conference 2021: A Virtual Experience

Earlier this month, our Cryptography Services team got together and attended (virtually) the IACR’s annual Real World Cryptography (RWC) conference. RWC is a fantastic venue for the latest results in real world cryptography from industry and academia. Holding this conference virtually inevitably introduced some changes: to accommodate as many time…

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