DocumentCode
802753
Title
Key-spoofing attacks on nested signature blocks
Author
Christianson, R. ; Low, M.R.
Author_Institution
Div. of Comput. Sci., Hertfordshire Univ., Hatfield, UK
Volume
31
Issue
13
fYear
1995
fDate
6/22/1995 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1043
Lastpage
1044
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19950719
Filename
392697
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