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On the Security of the Merkle-Hellman Cryptographic Scheme

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Shamir, Adi
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Zippel, Richard E.
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December 1978
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MIT-LCS-TM-119
Abstract
In this paper we show that a simplified version of the Merkel-Hellman public-key cryptographic system is breakable. While their full-fledged system seems to be resistant to the cryptanalytic attack we propose, this result suggests some ways in which the security of their system can be further enhanced.
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