Patent ReferencesPublic key/signature cryptosystem with enhanced digital signature certification Method and apparatus for verifying the integrity of a file stored separately from a computer Method and apparatus for controlling the use of a public key, based on the level of import integrity for the key Patent #: 5073934 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 645496 filed on 01/24/1991US Classes:380/43, Key sequence signal combined with data signal380/28, PARTICULAR ALGORITHMIC FUNCTION ENCODING380/30, Public key380/42, Data stream/substitution enciphering713/175, By generation of certificate713/176Authentication by digital signature representation or digital watermarkExaminersPrimary: Buczinski, Stephen C.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesH04L 009/02H04K 001/00 H04K 009/00 Foreign Application Priority Data1990-02-05 DEAbstractThe hash result of useful data is transmitted to a multiply-protected central server in which it is transformed into a signature on the basis of a crypto operations system combination with a private key code of the originator. The signature is deposited in the central server and is available as what is referred to as a "digital signature" for the transmission of the useful data.Other References
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