1994-01-01 - Re: Anonymous Video on Demand
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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <pmetzger@lehman.com>
To: Jim_Miller@bilbo.suite.com
Message Hash: 2f2c4cc0712255e860955508d94eab584699b2d7c6fb85db648d0bf45cb7a130
Message ID: <199401011723.MAA28889@snark>
Reply To: <9401010055.AA27523@bilbo.suite.com>
UTC Datetime: 1994-01-01 17:28:49 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 1 Jan 94 09:28:49 PST
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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <pmetzger@lehman.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Jan 94 09:28:49 PST
To: Jim_Miller@bilbo.suite.com
Subject: Re: Anonymous Video on Demand
In-Reply-To: <9401010055.AA27523@bilbo.suite.com>
Message-ID: <199401011723.MAA28889@snark>
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Jim Miller says:
> As I think about it more, the "anonymous video on demand" problem can be
> solved with an oblivious transfer protocol.
I thought this was impossible, but you've shown a really neat trick
for doing it -- congratulations. I'll go off and eat my hat now -- I
never thought about the possibility of the vendor not knowing which of
100 keys would actually work!
Perry
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