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Two improved identity-based key issuing protocols

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Published Jan 1, 2008• 0 citations
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Abstract

The attack methods of two identity-based key issuing protocols are presented,and the conclusion that key generator center can compute secret key of any users is introduced.Two improved schemes are proposed in which the secret key of user is produced by the secret parameters of user and key generator center,and the reality of messages are varified in every step of the potocols,thereby,key generator center cannot get the secret key of users and the problem of secret key escrow is solved.The safety and computational complexity of improved schemes are analyzed.

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