February 19, 2002
Practical Aspects of Modern Cryptography
66
An Interactive Proof
nIn order for me to “fool” you, I would have to guess your exact challenge sequence.
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nThe probability of my successfully convincing you that Y is a square when it is not is 2-100.
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nThis interactive proof is said to be “zero-knowledge” because the challenger received no information (beyond the proof of the claim) that it couldn’t compute itself.