Talk given at Benedictine University on digital signatures and the Digital Signature Algorithm by Robert Talbert, 2 April 2008.

1. Introduction to
digital
signatures
Benedictine University
MATH 390: Cryptography
2 April 2008
Robert Talbert, PhD
Associate Professor of Mathematics and
Computing Science
Franklin College, Franklin, IN
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2. Menu
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3. Menu
The problem of authentication
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4. Menu
The problem of authentication
Non-solutions to the authentication problem; the
concept of the digital signature and required
parameters
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5. Menu
The problem of authentication
Non-solutions to the authentication problem; the
concept of the digital signature and required
parameters
Digital signatures using public-key encryption
algorithms
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