Deterministic Usage of the Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) and Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA)

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Publisher: IETF
Doc Type: Informational
Pages: 79
Abstract: This document defines a deterministic digital signature generation procedure. Such signatures are compatible with standard Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) and Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) digital signatures and can be processed with unmodified verifiers, which need not be aware of the procedure described therein. Deterministic signatures retain the cryptographic security features associated with digital signatures but can be more easily implemented in various environments, since they do not need access to a source of high-quality randomness.
Publication Date: 2013-08-01
Status Note: Informational
DOI: 10.17487/RFC6979
Link: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC6979
Author(s): Thomas Pornin
Keyword(s): DSA, ECDSA, Digital Signature, Deterministic

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ANSI.X9.62.2005 — X9.62-2005 EXTERNAL
NIST FIPS 186-4 [Active]
NIST.SP.800-90A — SP800-90A EXTERNAL
Certicom Research, "SEC 1: Elliptic Curve Cryptography (Version 2.0)", May 2009. EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 2104 [Active, Amended*]
IETF RFC 2119 [Active*]

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ISO.9796-2.2010 — ISO-9796-2 EXTERNAL
NIST FIPS 180-4 [Active]
NIST.SP.800-90 — NIST.800-90.2007 EXTERNAL
Naccache, D., M'Raihi, D., and F. Levy-dit-Vehel, "PSEUDO-RANDOM GENERATOR BASED ON A HASH CODING FUNCTION FOR CRYPTOGRAPHIC SYSTEMS REQUIRING RANDOM DRAWING", WIPO patent publication WO/1998/051038, May 1998. EXTERNAL
Leurent, G. and P. Nguyen, "How Risky is the Random- Oracle Model?", Cryptology ePrint Archive Report 2008/ 441, July 2009, < http://eprint.iacr.org/2008/441 >. EXTERNAL
Bernstein, D., Duif, N., Lange, T., Schwabe, P., and B. Yang, "High-speed high-security signatures", Cryptology ePrint Archive Report 2011/368, September 2011. EXTERNAL
Bellare, M., "New Proofs for NMAC and HMAC: Security without Collision-Resistance", Crypto 2006, LNCS 4117, August 2006. EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 3447 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 4251 [Active*]
IETF RFC 5246 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 5280 [Active, Amended*]
IETF RFC 5652 [Active*]

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IETF RFC 8152 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 8446 [Superseded*]