February 19, 2002
Practical Aspects of Modern Cryptography
23
Shamir’s Threshold Scheme
nThe threshold 2 case:
nExample:  Range = Z11 = {0,1,…,10}
(0,8.5)
(1,7)
(3,4)
Secret
Share 1
Share 3
In Z11, 8.5
   ≡ 17÷2
   ≡ 6×6
   ≡ 36
   ≡  3