Method and apparatus for digital signature generation and validation
US8412948B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 3, 2006 |
| Grant date | Apr 2, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 9, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L9/3247
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and method are provided for reducing time taken for generating a digital signature and generating the digital signature using a minimum number of operations using at least two secret keys. One secret key among at least two secret keys may be set from a value resulting from hashing a message to be transmitted. A number of times for hashing the secret key is determined, and a value resulting from hashing the determined secret key by the determined hashing number of times is set as the digital signature.
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