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Zero-Knowledge twenty years after its invention

Authors:
Oded Goldreich
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URL: http://eprint.iacr.org/2002/186
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Abstract: Zero-knowledge proofs are proofs that are both convincing and yet yield nothing beyond the validity of the assertion being proven. Since their introduction about twenty years ago, zero-knowledge proofs have attracted a lot of attention and have, in turn, contributed to the development of other areas of cryptography and complexity theory. We survey the main definitions and results regarding zero-knowledge proofs. Specifically, we present the basic definitional approach and its variants, results regarding the power of zero-knowledge proofs as well as recent results regarding questions such as the composeability of zero-knowledge proofs and the use of the adversary's program within the proof of security (i.e., non-black-box simulation).
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@misc{eprint-2002-11709,
  title={Zero-Knowledge twenty years after its invention},
  booktitle={IACR Eprint archive},
  keywords={foundations / Probabilistic Proof Systems, Zero-Knowledge},
  url={http://eprint.iacr.org/2002/186},
  note={ oded@wisdom.weizmann.ac.il 12026 received 5 Dec 2002},
  author={Oded Goldreich},
  year=2002
}