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JOURNAL OF NUMBER THEORY
Volume 131, Issue 5, Pages 781-814Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnt.2009.01.006
Keywords
Cryptography; Public key; Elliptic curve; Social construction of science; Social construction of technology
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Text. 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. Video. For a video summary of this paper, please visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHFFvfDoTK4. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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