BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 5 days agoOops. Cryptographers cancel election results after losing decryption key.arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up182arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareobservantTrapezium@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoBut with SSS and m=3, n can only be 1, 2 or 3. If n=2 there is a possibility for a conspiracy of 2 and a redundancy of 1, if n=3 then all three have to agree, but there is no redundancy, which was the case here.
minus-squarelogi@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoRight. Re-reading your comment, I agree. n=3 is too small, even with SSS. BUT without it, 3 was too big in this case. So yey SSS!
But with SSS and m=3, n can only be 1, 2 or 3. If n=2 there is a possibility for a conspiracy of 2 and a redundancy of 1, if n=3 then all three have to agree, but there is no redundancy, which was the case here.
Right. Re-reading your comment, I agree. n=3 is too small, even with SSS. BUT without it, 3 was too big in this case. So yey SSS!