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Small memory footprint fast elliptic encryption

  • US 7,607,019 B2
  • Filed: 02/03/2005
  • Issued: 10/20/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A digital signature generation system, comprising:

  • a processor;

    a computer readable medium coupled to the processor and having stored thereon instructions, which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the operations of;

    generating a first random number from a finite field of numbers;

    generating a plurality of field elements defining a first point on an elliptic curve defined over the finite field of numbers by performing elliptic curve arithmetic on the first random number and an initial public point on the elliptic curve;

    generating a product from a field element of the plurality of field elements, a private key, and a second random number from the finite field of numbers, wherein the second random number is received from a challenger device;

    generating a signature component by summing the product and the first random number;

    reducing the generated signature component using one or more modular reduction operations, wherein the one or more modular reduction operations are based on a modulus equal to an order of the elliptic curve; and

    sending the reduced signature component and the plurality of field elements to the challenger device as a digital signature for verification by the challenger device.

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