METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE GENERATION OF PUBLIC KEY BASED ON A USER-DEFINED ID IN A CRYPTOSYSTEM

摘要

There is disclosed a method and apparatus for the generation of public key in a cryptosystem that is created based on a user definable and recognizable ID of ASCII characters. The apparatus comprises of a computer means (1) having at least a processor (2), a memory unit (3), an input device (4) and a key generation module (5) residing in the memory unit (3). When executed, the key generation module processes the user-definable and recognizable ID of ASCII characters inputted via the input device to generate the public key. Triple DES, Advance encryption system (AES), secure hash algorithm (SHA) and elliptic curve encryption algorithm are applied to arrive at the desired objectives. A PC-based implementation of such method is also preferred.