Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!brl-adm!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!sdcsvax!sdcc6!calmasd!dko From: dko@calmasd.CALMA.UUCP (Dan O'Neill) Newsgroups: sci.crypt Subject: Re: encryption with public keys Message-ID: <2116@calmasd.CALMA.UUCP> Date: Sat, 20-Dec-86 16:34:56 EST Article-I.D.: calmasd.2116 Posted: Sat Dec 20 16:34:56 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 21-Dec-86 20:50:21 EST References: <3072@ihuxf.UUCP> <93@vianet.UUCP> <1828@ncoast.UUCP> Reply-To: dko@calmasd.UUCP (Dan O'Neill) Organization: GE Calma Mechanical Applications, San Diego R&D Lines: 19 Keywords: public key, cryptography, verification, electronic signatures Ahh.. Public Key Encryption.. what fun! For a good overall introduction to this method of cryptography, read the following article: Public Key Cryptography BYTE magazine, January 1983, page 198 This is a good article! It covers a broad range of topics on the subject including differences from conventional cytptosystems, the RSA public key system (Ron Rivest, Adi Shamir & Len Adleman of MIT), how to find large prime numbers, how to encrypt using RSA, how to decrypt, how to derive the keys, digital signatures for mail and such things and finally, a sample encryption program written in BASIC. Have fun! -- Dan O'Neill uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|ucbvax}!sdcsvax!calmasd!dko (619) 587-3112 arpa: "calmasd!dko"@ucsd.arpa "Say, isn't that one of those new two-way diodes?" - db