Publication CODE |
Title |
ISO/IEC 18032:2005 (2005-02) |
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY -- SECURITY TECHNIQUES -- PRIME NUMBER GENERATION |
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Price Excl. VAT |
Total number of pages, tables and drawings |
102.00 €
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18. |
Description
ISO/IEC 18032:2005 specifies methods for generating and testing prime numbers. Prime numbers are used in various cryptographic algorithms, mainly in asymmetric encryption algorithms and digital signature algorithms.
Firstly, ISO/IEC 18032:2005 specifies methods for testing whether a given number is prime. The testing methods included in ISO/IEC 18032:2005 can be divided into two groups:
- Probabilistic primality tests, which have a small error probability. All probabilistic tests described here may declare a composite to be a prime. One test described here may declare a prime to be composite.
- Deterministic methods, which are guaranteed to give the right verdict. These methods use so-called primality certificates.
Secondly, ISO/IEC 18032:2005 specifies methods to generate prime numbers. Again, both probabilistic and deterministic methods are presented.
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Class |
C990
(IEC PUBLICATIONS IEC PUBLICATIONS)
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Status |
IEC PUBLICATION |
Situation |
Currently active
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Committee |
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27
IT SECURITY TECHNIQUES
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BEC Approval |
2005-02-02 |
ICS-Code (International Standards Classification) |
35.030
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NBN Status |
New |
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IEC publication date |
2005-02-02 |
IEC last modification date |
2014-04-14 |
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