13 October 1997
Source: Kalliste

From: KALLISTE@delphi.com
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 18:19:29 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Digital Cash: Cryptography & Number Theory
To: jya@pipeline.com [snip]

A tutorial on the cryptography and number theory
needed for digital cash is available at
http://www.aci.net/kalliste/cryptnum.htm    .

The topics covered are:

A.  Some Preliminary Definitions.
B.  Some Preliminary Mathematical Notation.
C.  Modular Arithmetic and the Groups Z(p)*
    and G(q).
D.  Diffie-Hellman and Discrete Logarithms.
E.  RSA Public-Key System.
F.  Hash Functions & Digital Signatures.
G.  Blind Signatures.
H.  Double-Spending Identification.
    1. Cut and Choose.
    2. Zero-knowledge Proofs & Schnorr Protocols.
I.  The Representation Problem.
J.  Proving Knowledge of a Representation.
K.  Certification Authorities and Digital
    Certificates.

J. Orlin Grabbe
http://www.aci.net/kalliste/