Threshold digital signature method and system having forward security
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- UNIV OF ELECTRONICS SCI & TECH OF CHINA
- Publication Date
- 2009-05-06
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
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Technical field
[0001] The present invention belongs to the field of information security technology, and relates to the problem of signing digital information. More specifically, it relates to a digital signature method and system that can increase the difficulty of an adversary in stealing a signature key and can reduce the impact of signature key leakage. Background technique
[0002] The concept of forward security signature was introduced by Anderson in 1997 to solve some of the shortcomings of common digital signatures: once the secret key is lost (or stolen), all the signatures previously generated by this key become invalid. In order to reduce such losses, Anderson proposed to divide the validity period of the key into periods. At the end of each period, the signer obtains a new secret key for the next period from the secret key of the current period in a one-way mode, and Safely delete secret keys that are no longer used. The public key remains unchanged throughout the l...