[Cryptography] Where are zero knowledge proofs actually used in the real world?

The Doctor drwho at virtadpt.net
Tue Feb 23 13:39:30 EST 2016


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On Sun, 21 Feb 2016 22:23:00 -0800
Radia Perlman <radiaperlman at gmail.com> wrote:

> It seems like in pretty much all cases, it would be cheaper and faster to
> just do a public key signature to prove you know your private key. The only
> case where I've heard that zero knowledge proofs are actually used is in
> Intel's EPID scheme.

I seem to recall reading in a couple of books that ZKPs are used in at least some IFF (Identify Friend-or-Foe) systems.

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