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\section*{Homework 6 (Zero-Knowledge Proofs)} |
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\item Explain briefly the purpose of the certification authority in |
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the public-private key encryption scheme. |
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\item Explain briefly what is meant by a certification authority |
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becoming ``too big to fail'' when it has issued a large number |
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\item In which situations does it make sense to install |
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invalid (self-signed) certificates? |
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\item Zero-knowledge protocols depend on three main properties called |
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completeness, soundness and zero-knowledge. Explain what they mean? |
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\item Why do zero-knowledge protocols require an NP-problem as building |
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\item Why is it a good choice in a ZKP to flip a coin when requesting a |
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