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The adaptation of Shamir's protocol for increasing the security of a mobile environment

Cryptography and Security 2016-09-23 v2

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to provide a solution which increases the security of a mobile environment for both individuals and for workers in an enterprise. The proposed solution adapts Shamir's approach for sharing a secret for encryption key management. One part of the key is stored on a Bluetooth (or NFC) wristband or on an enterprise server, while a mobile device is used to store all the rest. The approach can be applied for both securing documents and voice data. The solution is supported by a mathematical formality which is missing in the currently known advice within cryptographic folklore.

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@article{arxiv.1509.05988,
  title  = {The adaptation of Shamir's protocol for increasing the security of a mobile environment},
  author = {Jānis Buls and Imants Gorbans and Ivans Kulesovs and Uldis Straujums},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.05988},
  year   = {2016}
}

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