Title :
A public key cryptosystem and a signature scheme based on discrete logarithms
fDate :
7/1/1985 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A new signature scheme is proposed, together with an implementation of the Diffie-Hellman key distribution scheme that achieves a public key cryptosystem. The security of both systems relies on the difficulty of computing discrete logarithms over finite fields.
Keywords :
Cryptography; Logarithmic arithmetic; Digital signatures; Galois fields; Helium; Information security; Information systems; Milling machines; Public key; Public key cryptography;
Journal_Title :
Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TIT.1985.1057074
