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- From: positron@quip.eecs.umich.edu (Jonathan Haas)
- Newsgroups: sci.crypt
- Subject: Telephonic Poker?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.185628.2976@zip.eecs.umich.edu>
- Date: 3 Jan 93 18:56:28 GMT
- Sender: news@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Mr. News)
- Organization: University of Michigan EECS Dept., Ann Arbor
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- I was reading a paper that explained the RSA algorithm
- in layman's terms, and among other things it said, "An
- interesting side benefit of this algorithm is that it
- makes it possible for two people who do not trust each
- other to play poker by telephone." I've thought about
- it, and I can't for the life of me figure out HOW. The
- paper did not elaborate. Can someone explain to me the
- algorithm with which two mutually distrusting players can
- play poker by phone (or, more simply, have a fair coin
- toss)?
-
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