Generation of an Electronic Signature Suite based on Cryptography Algorithms

Abstract

The process of cryptography basically deals with protecting the information by transforming it (encrypting it) into an unreadable format, called cipher text. Only those who possess a secret key can decipher (or decrypt) the message into plain text. Electronic signature is one of the applications of the Cryptography algorithms. The electronic signature suite is a collection of various components such as, hash functions key generation algorithm, signing algorithms, verification algorithms and hash functions. This paper mainly deals with the maintenance activities for implementing cryptographic hash functions like Sha-1, RIPEMD-160, and WHIRLPOOL etc. and signature algorithms like RSA, DSA ,EC-GDSA etc.

Keywords: Cryptography, Electronic Signature Suite, Hash functions, key generation algorithms.