Public Key Cryptography 4th International Workshop on Practice and Theory in Public Key Cryptosystems, PKC 2002, Paris, France, February 12-14, 2002 Proceedings

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the PKC Public Key Cryptography, PKC 2002, held in Paris, France in February 2002. This book presents 26 carefully reviewed papers selected from 69 submissions plus one invited talk. Among the topics addressed are encryption schemes, signature schemes, protocols, cryptanalysis, elliptic curve cryptography, and side channels.