ElGamal signature scheme
Esquema de firma ElGamal
- Date
- 1985 · confidence high
- Place
- Stanford, California, United States
- Credited to
- Taher Elgamal
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What it is
A digital signature scheme based on the difficulty of computing discrete logarithms, described by Taher Elgamal in 1985 and a forerunner of the NSA's Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA).
What it led to
- The NSA's Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA)
- Basis for other discrete-logarithm-based signature schemes
- Establishment of digital signatures as a pillar of public-key cryptography