Title :
Remarks on LUC public key system
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Cheng Kung Univ., Tainan, Taiwan
fDate :
1/20/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Recently, Smith and Lennon (1993) proposed a new public key system LUC in which the trapdoor is based on the defined Lucas function instead of exponentiation. The authors present some remarkable properties of the Lucas function, which may or may not be disadvantages of the LUC system.
Keywords :
functions; public key cryptography; LUC public key system; Lucas function; cryptosystem; trapdoor;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19940099