15 May
2003
15 May
'03
3:53 a.m.
I recall reading a very similar explanation of ZK interactive proofs, using "zero knowledge in the cave," many years ago. By one of the founders of the field
I haven't searched for it to compare his (or hers, though I don't recall it as an article by Shafi G.) words to yours, but you should have given credit to using the "zero knowledge in the cave" version of ZKIPS.
--Tim May
I've seen the cave example in at least several places. Most of them make this reference: [QG90] J.J. Quisquater and L. Guillou, How to explain zero-knowledge protocols to your children, Advances in Cryptology - Crypto '89, Springer-Verlag (1990), 628-631. Patrick http://lucrative.thirdhost.com/