One of the more elegant and counterintuitive ideas in modern cryptography is the notion of a zero-knowledge proof (ZNP). A ZNP allows one party (the prover) to prove to another (the verifier) that they know a secret without revealing any information about the secret itself.It’s a totally wild idea that has deep implications for online security.
Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).
Part of the https://www.internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://blue.cse.buffalo.edu) production.
