Combinatorics of Authentication and Secrecy Codes


Speaker: PD Dr. Michael Huber , University of Tuebingen

abstract

Authentication and secrecy are two crucial concepts in cryptography and information security. Although independent in their nature, various scenarios require that both aspects hold simultaneously. For information-theoretic/unconditional security (i.e. robustness against an attacker that has unlimited computational resources), authentication and secrecy codes have been investigated for quite some time. In this talk, I will give an overview and discuss recent results from a combinatorial point of view.