Chris J. Mitchell (2003) Public key encryption using block ciphers .
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A method for deriving a public key encryption system from any `conventional' (secret key) block cipher is described. The method is related to, but improves upon, Merkle's 'puzzle system'.
This is a version This version's date is: 09/09/2003 This item is peer reviewed
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