Delphi: sharing assessments of cryptographic assumptions

ePrint Report: Delphi: sharing assessments of cryptographic assumptions

Jeroen van de Graaf, Arjen K. Lenstra

Almost all practical cryptographic protocols are based on computational or ad-hoc assumptions. Assessing the strengths of these assumptions is therefore a key factor in evaluating the risks of the systems using them. As a service to (and by) cryptographic researchers and practitioners, we propose to create Delphi, a public database where researchers document their opinions and beliefs about the strengths of the most important assumptions. …

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