Signature Verification: Methods, Challenges, and Applications

  • Unique Paper ID: 177825
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 12
  • PageNo: 1590-1594
  • Abstract:
  • Signature authentication. This is extremely relevant in cryptography and cybersecurity. It highlights three aspects. These are: Authenticating digital signatures. Signature belongs to a message or document. The goal of this model is to prove data integrity, origination, and non-repudiation. All these theories make it imperative for securing communication. So, how does the process work? It works with mathematical algorithms. Most work with a public key, they involve a private key. This pair lies in a public key infrastructure. In the basic way, it works: When the hash matches that of the newly computed hash of the received message, the signature is verified as authentic. Thereby confirming the identity of sender, respect of the integrity of the message. A wide use of methods regarding signature verification spans a lot of sectors, from secure email communications to online transactions, from document signing to blockchain technology. Advances in cryptographic algorithms have been made. RSA, DSA, and ECDSA algorithms have improved this method, which had gained reliability and efficiency. But we have the threat. The rise of quantum computing foreshadows a real threat to current verification algorithms. The emergence has put post-quantum cryptography into the spotlight. Signature verification is an active field of inquiry, which seeks a balance between security and efficiency as technology evolves.

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  • ISSN: 2349-6002
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 12
  • PageNo: 1590-1594

Signature Verification: Methods, Challenges, and Applications

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