Monday 7 February 2011

Understanding Certificates


Digital Signature
A digital signature scheme typically consists of three algorithms:
  • key generation algorithm that selects a private key uniformly at random from a set of possible private keys. The algorithm outputs the private key and a corresponding public key.
  • signing algorithm that, given a message and a private key, produces a signature.
  • signature verifying algorithm that, given a message, public key and a signature, either accepts or rejects the message's claim to authenticity.

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