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A Survey of Homomorphic Encryption for Nonspecialists

EURASIP Journal on Information Security volume 2007, Article number: 013801 (2007) Cite this article

Abstract

Processing encrypted signals requires special properties of the underlying encryption scheme. A possible choice is the use of homomorphic encryption. In this paper, we propose a selection of the most important available solutions, discussing their properties and limitations.

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Fontaine, C., Galand, F. A Survey of Homomorphic Encryption for Nonspecialists. EURASIP J. on Info. Security 2007, 013801 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1155/2007/13801

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Keywords

  • Special Property
  • Encryption Scheme
  • Data Security
  • Homomorphic Encryption
  • Encrypt Signal