[92849] in Cypherpunks
Fast Elliptic Curve Math
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Young)
Thu Jan 8 20:07:55 1998
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1998 19:50:31 -0500
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
From: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
Reply-To: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
7 January 1998, Nikkei Industrial Daily
Toshiba Unveils Fast Formula For Elliptic-Curve Cryptography
Tokyo -- Toshiba Corp. has developed an arithmetic formula which it claims
offers the world's fastest processes of elliptic-curve cryptography. The
formula cuts processing time by almost half from current methods used in
elliptic-curve systems.
Toshiba's formula is based on the Montgomery arithmetic system, a special
method of calculation which requires no division.
Elliptic-curve cryptography is considerably faster than the Rivest Shamir
Adleman (RSA) system currently in common use.
Toshiba hopes to apply the system in a wide range of fields, including
corporate information systems and electronic commerce.
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