Elliptic curve cryptography: The serpentine course of a paradigm shift

JOURNAL OF NUMBER THEORY

卷:131

Article

Koblitz, Ann Hibner²  Koblitz, Neal¹  Menezes, Alfred³ 

[1] Univ Washington, Dept Math, Seattle, WA 98195 USA

[2] Arizona State Univ, Women & Gender Studies Program, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA

[3] Univ Waterloo, Dept Combinator &Optimizat, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada

关键词: Cryptography;    Public key;    Elliptic curve;    Social construction of science;    Social construction of technology;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jnt.2009.01.006

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Text. Over a period of sixteen years elliptic curve cryptography went from being an approach that many people mistrusted or misunderstood to being a public key technology that enjoys almost unquestioned acceptance. We describe the sometimes surprising twists and turns in this paradigm shift, and compare this story with the commonly accepted Ideal Model of how research and development function in cryptography. We also discuss to what extent the ideas in the literature on social construction of technology can contribute to a better understanding of this history. Video. For a video summary of this paper, please visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHFFvfDoTK4. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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