Computer cryptography: a cure for the common code.
Public-key cryptography, which makes digital signatures simple, may become one of the most common technologies of the information age, underpinning a variety of routine electronic transactions. This technology could keep private messages sent through electronic mail from being opened by unauthorize...
| Published in: | Economist Vol. 320; p. 104 |
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| Format: | Article |
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Economist Newspaper Limited
September 21 1991
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