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A pairing-based threshold cryptosystem for collaborative decryption and
signatures.
A pairing-based threshold cryptosystem for collaborative decryption and signatures.
The `threshold_crypto` crate provides constructors for encrypted message handling. It utilizes the [`pairing`](https://crates.io/crates/pairing) elliptic curve library to create and enable reconstruction of public and private key shares.
The `threshold_crypto` crate provides cryptographic keys with methods for signing and encrypting messages, as well as key sets for _threshold_ signatures and threshold encryption.
In a network environment, messages are signed and encrypted, and key and
signature shares are distributed to network participants. A message can be
decrypted and authenticated only with cooperation from at least `threshold +
The threshold signature scheme is described in [Threshold Signatures, Multisignatures and Blind Signatures Based on the Gap-Diffie-Hellman-Group Signature Scheme](https://www.iacr.org/archive/pkc2003/25670031/25670031.pdf) by Alexandra Boldyreva. This paper extends [Boneh-Lynn-Shacham](https://www.iacr.org/archive/asiacrypt2001/22480516.pdf) signatures to the threshold setting. Message encryption uses the [scheme by Baek and Zhang](http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.119.1717&rep=rep1&type=pdf).
Our implementation is based on the [`pairing`](https://crates.io/crates/pairing) elliptic curve library.
In a network environment, messages are signed and encrypted, and key and signature shares are distributed to network participants. A message can be decrypted and authenticated only with cooperation from at least `threshold +
1` nodes.
## Security Audit