Towards a Quarter-Century of Public Key Cryptography : A Special Issue of DESIGNS, CODES AND CRYPTOGRAPHY An International Journal. Volume 19, No. 2/3 (2000)

__Towards a Quarter-Century of Public Key Cryptography__ brings together in one place important contributions and up-to-date research results in this fast moving area. __Towards a Quarter-Century of Public Key Cryptography__ serves as an excellent reference, providing insight into some of the most challenging research issues in the field. Front Matter....Pages 1-6 Information Security, Mathematics, and Public-Key Cryptography....Pages 7-29 Integer Factoring....Pages 31-58 Discrete Logarithms: The Past and the Future....Pages 59-75 The Diffie-Hellman Protocol....Pages 77-101 The State of Elliptic Curve Cryptography....Pages 103-123 Efficient Arithmetic on Koblitz Curves....Pages 125-179

Towards a Quarter-Century of Public Key Cryptography brings together in one place important contributions and up-to-date research results in this fast moving area.
Towards a Quarter-Century of Public Key Cryptography serves as an excellent reference, providing insight into some of the most challenging research issues in the field.