Title : 
Implementation of Mitre public key cryptographic system
         
        
        
            Author_Institution : 
US Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications & Information Administration, Institute for Telecommunication Sciences, Advanced Communications Networks Division, Boulder, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The letter presents an observation of theoretical interest regarding exponentiation in a finite field. The result can be applied towards reducing the time required for the first of two exponentiations specified by the Mitre public key cryptographic system.
         
        
            Keywords : 
cryptography; digital communication systems; encoding; Mitre public key cryptographic system; coding; data standard; digital communication; exponentiation; field element;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Electronics Letters
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1049/el:19800663