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In recent years there is an explosion in the number of applications for mobile devices. Many of these applications require the ability to issue digital signatures on behalf of their users. Traditionally, digital signatures are based on asymmetric cryptographic techniques which make them computationally expensive. Currently, all mobile devices tend to have limited computational capabilities and equally limited power. Instead of every mobile device performing computationally intensive cryptographic operations, a Server-aided Signature Service (SASS) was designed to offload PKI computation from clients in mobile networks such as GSM and CDMA. The paper details the design of SASS. After thorough performance analysis, we conclude that SASS can significantly improve the signing performance of the mobile clients.
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Cai, L., Yang, X., Chen, C. (2005). Architecture of a Server-Aided Signature Service (SASS) for Mobile Networks. In: Lorenz, P., Dini, P. (eds) Networking - ICN 2005. ICN 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3421. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-31957-3_92
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