We describe a generic protocol for fair multi-party exchange of electronic goods over unreliable networks with non-repudiation, where goods are either signatures (i.e. non-repudiation tokens of public data), confidential data, or payments. The protocol does not involve a third party except for recovery over a reliable network.
By: N. Asokan, M. Schunter and M. Waidner
Published in: RZ2892 in 1996
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