## CryptoDB

### Paper: Optimistic fair Exchange of Digital Signatures

Authors: N. Asokan V. Shoup M. Waidner URL: http://eprint.iacr.org/1997/015 Search ePrint Search Google We present a new protocol that allows two players to exchange digital signatures (including RSA and DSS) over the Internet in a fair way, so that either each player gets the other's signature, or neither player does. One obvious application is where the signatures represent items of value, for example, an electronic check or airline ticket; the protocol can also be adapted to exchange encrypted data. The protocol relies on a trusted third party, but is "optimistic," in that the third party is only needed in cases where one player attempts to cheat or simply crashes. This is an important property, as it greatly reduces the load on the third party, which in particular facilitates a more robust and secure implementation of the third party.
##### BibTeX
@misc{eprint-1997-11297,
title={Optimistic fair Exchange of Digital Signatures},
booktitle={IACR Eprint archive},
keywords={},
url={http://eprint.iacr.org/1997/015},
note={Appeared in the THEORY OF CRYPTOGRAPHY LIBRARY and has been included in the ePrint Archive. sho@zurich.ibm.com 10500 received December 5th, 1997.},
author={N. Asokan and V. Shoup and M. Waidner},
year=1997
}