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This may be old hat, but an earlier post (around the time the Kocher RSA-timing attack came out) to the list asked about the "Elevator Problem", where two parties who think they share the same secret want to confirm it on an open channel. I came up with an idea for a protocol but never got around to posting it, and dropped off the list briefly... so pardon me if this is already touched upon.

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This reminds me of the discussions I've seen over the last few months regarding oblivious transfers/zero-based transactions. Good article in Scientific American on it a few months ago. Bryan. Text item: