\input zb-basic \input zb-ioport \iteman{io-port 05473386} \itemau{Hwang, Tzonelih; Lee, Narn Yih; Li, Chuan Ming; Chang, Chin Chen} \itemti{On the security of chang and wu's broadcasting cryptosystem for computer networks.} \itemso{Comput. Syst. Sci. Eng. 11, No. 5, 311-314 (1996).} \itemab Summary: In 1991, Chang and Wu proposed a cryptosystem for broadcasting messages in computer networks based on the characteristics of the Interpolating polynomials and some properties of the Euclidean geometry. We show that their scheme is not secure enough because the secrete points of the users can be derived by an opponent. \itemrv{~} \itemcc{E.3 C.2.2} \itemut{broadcasting cryptosystem; Euclidean geometry; interpolation polynomial} \itemli{} \end