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Digital signatures are one of the most important cryptographic tools they and are widely used today. Applications for digital signatures range from digital certificates for secure e-commerce to legal signing of contracts to secure software updates. Together with key establishment over insecure channels, they form the most important instance for public-key cryptography.
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Paar, C., Pelzl, J. (2010). Digital Signatures. In: Understanding Cryptography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04101-3_10
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