[viff-devel] Off topic question "multiparty" or "multi-party"

Martin Geisler mg at daimi.au.dk
Tue Feb 10 05:57:45 PST 2009


Claudio Orlandi <claudio.orlandi at gmail.com> writes:

>> I still insist on using "MP" as an abbreviation, just like you
>> would abbreviate "database" as "DB" and not just "D". So for me
>> it's "SMPC" and not just "SMC".
>
> I vote for MPC. It sounds better when you pronounce it.

I agree, I also mostly skip the "S" since who wants to hear about
insecure multiparty computation anyway? :-)

-- 
Martin Geisler

VIFF (Virtual Ideal Functionality Framework) brings easy and efficient
SMPC (Secure Multiparty Computation) to Python. See: http://viff.dk/.


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