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revision 1.65 by benja, Sat May 17 20:45:59 2003 UTC revision 1.66 by tjl, Sat May 17 20:51:52 2003 UTC
# Line 55  attracted considerable interest because Line 55  attracted considerable interest because
55  their operation  their operation
56  does not  does not
57  rely on  rely on
58    trapdoor functions, whose strength is based on
59  unproven number-theoretic assumptions such as the  unproven number-theoretic assumptions such as the
60  difficulty of factoring large integers [XXX].  difficulty of factoring large integers [XXX].
61    
# Line 125  same public key is to create n different Line 126  same public key is to create n different
126  and then compute a hash tree over the public keys.  and then compute a hash tree over the public keys.
127  This is only practical for relatively small n.  This is only practical for relatively small n.
128    
129  Yet another approach is to sign a new public key  Yet another approach is to sign one or more new public keys
130  as the last message signed with the old key. This way,  as the last message signed with the old key. This way,
131  an arbitrary number of messages can be signed.  an arbitrary number of messages can be signed.
132  However, verification time increases, and the signer  However, verification time increases, and the signer

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