Title :
Key-spoofing attacks on nested signature blocks
Author :
Christianson, R. ; Low, M.R.
Author_Institution :
Div. of Comput. Sci., Hertfordshire Univ., Hatfield, UK
fDate :
6/22/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
For a given signature block and any other data, there exists a key which produces the same signature block. The threat that this poses to schemes which use nested signature blocks as pointers to other tokens is identified, using a theft-proof capability mechanism as an illustration. A modification to public key certificates is then proposed to eliminate this threat
Keywords :
public key cryptography; key-spoofing attacks; nested signature blocks; public key certificates; signature block; theft-proof capability mechanism;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19950719