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# Line 95  have already been used in order not to c Line 95  have already been used in order not to c
95    
96  Despite the limitation to a small number of signatures  Despite the limitation to a small number of signatures
97  per public/private key pair, one-time signatures have  per public/private key pair, one-time signatures have
98  two distinct advantages. Firstly, one-way functions  an important advantage:
99  can be very fast, and operations on one-way signatures  one-way functions generally do not rely on
 may be orders of magnitude faster than operations  
 in schemes like DSA or RSA.  
   
 Secondly, one-way functions generally do not rely on  
100  unproven number-theoretic assumptions, like the  unproven number-theoretic assumptions, like the
101  difficulty of factoring large integers [XXX]. In practice,  difficulty of factoring large integers [XXX]. In practice,
102  a cryptographic hash function is used in most  a cryptographic hash function is used in most
# Line 110  cryptographic hash functions are one-way Line 106  cryptographic hash functions are one-way
106  as the basis for signature avoids introducing additional  as the basis for signature avoids introducing additional
107  cryptographic primitives into the system.  cryptographic primitives into the system.
108    
109    Additionally, operations on one-way signatures
110    may be orders of magnitude faster than operations
111    in schemes like DSA or RSA.
112    
113  In this article, we introduce a new signature scheme  In this article, we introduce a new signature scheme
114  that can be used any number of times without keeping track  that can be used any number of times without keeping track
115  of private keys that have already been used.  of private keys that have already been used.

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