September 1981 | NTIA Technical Report TR-81-81
The Discrete Logarithm Public Cryptographic System
John E. Hershey
Abstract: The report is a study and primer of the discrete logarithm public key cryptographic system. Implementation and strengths and weaknesses are discussed.
Keywords: cryptography; Diffie-Hellman system; finite field logarithms; MITRE system; public key cryptography
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