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From: tedrick@ernie.BERKELEY.EDU (Tom Tedrick)
Newsgroups: net.crypt
Subject: Cryptographic Signature Schemes
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Date: Wed, 13-Nov-85 20:11:52 EST
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Keywords:Outwitting KGB


Here is a possible application for cryptographic
signature schemes.

"The KGB regularly produces forgeries which the Soviet
press and agents then cite as 'proof' that the United
States is guilty of whatever pefidy it is being accused
of at the moment."

   -from "KGB Today", by John Barron

It should be possible to apply some of the cryptographic
signature schemes that have been published in the last
few years (see Proceedings of Crypto 83, 84, proceedings
of Eurocrypt 84, 85 etc.) so that secret documents have
verifiable cryptographically secure signatures included,
which would do away with this problem.

   -Tom
    tedrick@ucbernie.arpa