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unusual facts about Public key cryptography



Benaloh cryptosystem

Like many public key cryptosystems, this scheme works in the group (\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z})^* where n is a product of two large primes.


see also

Elgamal

ElGamal encryption, an asymmetric key encryption algorithm for public-key cryptography

Judith Merkle Riley

Her father, Theodore Charles Merkle, ran Project Pluto, and her brother Ralph is a pioneer in public key cryptography, and more recently a researcher and speaker on molecular nanotechnology and cryonics.

National Cyber Security Hall of Fame

Ralph Merkle - Developed earliest public key cryptography system with Diffie and Hellman