Dr Naor thinks that computerised versions of his method could have widespread applications in areas such as banking, where the secure exchange of information requires the comparison of passwords.
If the names are the same, Dr Naor's method means that each manager will have added the same set of numbers together, and will thus have arrived at the same grand total.
He was given false information relating to a supposed imminent threat to the lives of Israeli agents operating in Iraqi Kurdistan which he passed to Weissman and Rosen, who in turn, passed it on to Naor Gillon then serving at the Israeli embassy.