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Ask HN: Many Private Keys, One Public Key
1 point by alexchamberlain on Oct 24, 2011 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments
Is there an algorithm that allows for many Private Keys, but only one Public Key?



Key INsulated Signature Scheme:

PDF: (http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.63.7...)

>Abstract. In key-insulated cryptography, there are many private keys with different indexes and a single, fixed public key. When the trust model includes multiple Certification Authorities (CAs), it can be used to shorten the verification path and mitigate the damage caused by the compromise of a CA’s private key.

Really, people will want more information to give better responses.


This is great... It was a more: Is it possible or fundamentally impossible?




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