1. IDENTITY-BASED CHRYPTOGRAPHY: FROM PROPOSALS TO EVERYDAY USE.
- Author
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PURA, Mihai Lica and PATRICIU, Victor Valeriu
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CRYPTOGRAPHY research , *DATA encryption , *PUBLIC key cryptography , *COMPUTER security research , *DATA protection research - Abstract
Since the invention of public key cryptographic algorithms, researchers have also proposed what will later be known as identity based cryptography: the use of identities as public keys. Over the years, different identity based encryption and signature algorithms were developed, making possible what others only predicted some 30 years ago. This paper is a survey over what identity based cryptography is, what advantages it has over classical PKI, what success stories of its use already exists, and on how can one benefit from it, in different civilian and even military scenarios. The purpose of the paper is to set a background for latter research on developing an identity base cryptographic scheme for military use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014