Fw: [IP] DARPA BAA on homomorphic encryption

[Perry E. Metzger]

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Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:11:56 -0400
From: David Farber <dave at farber.net>
To: "ip" <ip at v2.listbox.com>
Subject: [IP] DARPA BAA on homomorphic encryption



"There’s a new DARPA BAA on homomorphic encryption:
 
https://www.fbo.gov/utils/view?id=11be1516746ea13def0e82984d39f59b
 
The goal is to create practical implementations of an idea that only
recently has been shown to be possible in theory.  That a computation
could be performed over data that remains in encrypted form
throughout the entire computation.  In effect, the computer would
execute a program without ever being able to discern any of the
computed values.  The possible applications of this are far
reaching.  For example, you could let a cloud facility do all of your
computing work without any possibility that any of your private
information would be divulged. " 

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