Basic HTML version of Foils prepared August 4 1997

Foil 45 Authentication with public key Cryptography

From Remarks on Java and Internet Security Web Certificate CPS616 Enhancement -- Summer 1997 . by Geoffrey C. Fox


Here A chooses a challenge -- a random number r and can verify that B is at other end using solely public information!
Alice is A
Bob is B



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