RFC 6507

"Elliptic Curve-Based Certificateless Signatures for Identity-Based Encryption (ECCSI)", February 2012

Canonical URL:

http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6507.txt
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Status:

INFORMATIONAL

Author:

M. Groves

Stream:

IETF

Source:

NON WORKING GROUP

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Abstract

Many signature schemes currently in use rely on certificates for authentication of identity. In Identity-based cryptography, this adds unnecessary overhead and administration. The Elliptic Curve-based Certificateless Signatures for Identity-based Encryption (ECCSI) signature scheme described in this document is certificateless. This scheme has the additional advantages of low bandwidth and low computational requirements. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 4844.