Paper 2008/390 Original: eprint.iacr.org/2008/390 ↗
Elliptic Curve Cryptography: The Serpentine Course of a Paradigm Shift
Abstract
Over a period of sixteen years elliptic curve cryptography went from being an approach that many people mistrusted or misunderstood to being a public key technology that enjoys almost unquestioned acceptance. We describe the sometimes surprising twists and turns in this paradigm shift, and compare this story with the commonly accepted Ideal Model of how research and development function in cryptography. We also discuss to what extent the ideas in the literature on "social construction of technology" can contribute to a better understanding of this history.
Metadata
- Available format(s)
PDF- Category
- Public-key cryptography
- Publication info
- Preprint.
- History
- 2011-08-15: last updated
- 2008-09-15: published
- Short URL
- https://ia.cr/2008/390
- License
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
BibTeX
@misc{cryptoeprint:2008/390,
author = {Ann Hibner Koblitz and Neal Koblitz and Alfred Menezes},
title = {Elliptic Curve Cryptography: The Serpentine Course of a Paradigm Shift},
howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2008/390},
year = {2008},
url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2008/390}
}