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    Commonly Asked Questions

    1. Define digital signature.


    Digital signature is a digital code that can be attached
    to an electronically transmitted message that uniquely
    identifies the sender and provides the integrity of the

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    message.
    ❖ It was first proposed in 1976 by Whitfield Diffie of Stanford
    University.
    ❖ Like a written signature on a document, the purpose of a digital
    signature is to guarantee that the individual sending the
    message really is who he or she claims to be.

    3. List three services provided by digital signature.


    A digital signature serves three important purposes:
    i. Provides authentication of the sender
    ii. Verifies data integrity
    iii. Provides non-repudiation

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    3. Differentiate between digital signature and c
    Key-point Conventional Signature Digital Signature
    Inclusion a conventional signature is But, when we sign a document
    included in the document; it is digitally, we send the signature as a
    part of the document. E.g., when separate document.; a digital

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    we write a check, the signature signature is a separate document.
    is on the check; it is not a
    separate document.

    Verification A conventional signature on a For a digital signature, the recipient


    document is verified by receives the message and the
    method comparing the signature on it signature. The recipient needs to
    with the signature on file. apply a verification technique to
    the combination of the message
    and the signature to verify the
    authenticity.
    Relationship There is normally a one-to-many For a digital signature, there is a
    relationship between a signature one-to-one relationship between a
    and documents. A person uses signature and a message. Each
    the same signature to sign many message has its own signature.
    documents.
    Duplicity In conventional signature, a copy In digital signature, there is no such
    of the signed document can be distinction unless there is a factor
    distinguished from the original of time (such as a timestamp) on
    one on file. the document. IIT, JU
    Commonly Asked Questions
    4. How to create a message digest?
    When the message is input to a hash function, then
    message digest is created.

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    5. When is a message called digitally signed
    message?
    When digital signature is attached to a digital
    message, then the message is called digitally signed
    message.

    6. When will be the received message granted by the


    receiver?
    When the message digest created by the received
    message is same as the message digest found by
    decrypting the digital signature, then the receiver
    grants the received message.

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    7. Define a hash function.
    A hash function is a formula or an algorithm that-
    ❖ takes large data sets of variable length as input, and
    ❖ returns smaller data sets of fixed length as output.

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    9. Give examples of some commonly used hash
    function.
    Some commonly used hash functions are:
    ❖ MD5 [Message Digest-5]
    ❖ SHA-1 [Secured Hash Algorithm-1]
    ❖ Sha-256
    ❖ SHA-512

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