Undeniable certificates for digital signature verification
US6292897A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 3, 1997 |
| Grant date | Sep 18, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 3, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L9/3263
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A signer uses an undeniable signature scheme to sign his public key to thereby create an "undeniable certificate" which can be used to verify the signer's digital signature on any message signed using the signer's corresponding private key. Hence, once the undeniable certificate is received by the recipient, the recipient and the signer engage one time in a confirmation protocol or denial protocol to the satisfaction of the recipient that the undeniable certificate has in fact been signed by the signer thus certifying signer's public key. Thereafter, the recipient can use the certified public key to verify any documents signed by the signer with no further interaction with the signer. However, third parties are precluded from verifying the signer's signature since they do not possess the confirmed undeniable certificate and corresponding public key. Digital signatures can now be verified between two parties using a public key as in traditional digital signatures but which avoids verifiability by third parties.
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