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RFC 5091: Identity-Based Cryptography Standard (IBCS) #1: Supersingular Curve Implementations of the BF and BB1 Cryptosystems

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This document describes the algorithms that implement Boneh-Franklin (BF) and Boneh-Boyen (BB1) Identity-based Encryption. This document is in part based on IBCS #1 v2 of Voltage Security's Identity-based Cryptography Standards (IBCS) documents, from which some irrelevant sections have been removed to create the content of this document. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

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Document ID
RFC5091
Published
December 2007
Authors
X. Boyen; L. Martin
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
IETF
Area
—
Pages
63
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Updated by:
RFC 8996

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