Title :
Implementation of Mitre public key cryptographic system
Author_Institution :
US Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications & Information Administration, Institute for Telecommunication Sciences, Advanced Communications Networks Division, Boulder, USA
Abstract :
The letter presents an observation of theoretical interest regarding exponentiation in a finite field. The result can be applied towards reducing the time required for the first of two exponentiations specified by the Mitre public key cryptographic system.
Keywords :
cryptography; digital communication systems; encoding; Mitre public key cryptographic system; coding; data standard; digital communication; exponentiation; field element;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19800663